Monasterio de Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos is a monastery in Asturias, Spain. It was founded in the 12th century as a Benedictine house. The monastic community was closed by the ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal. The church has remained in use as a parish church.
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The «Monasterio de Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos» was a big surprise for me during a one-day tour through the hinterland of western Asturias. The mighty monastery complex is located right in the center of the village of Villanueva de Oscos. The exterior with a weathered stone facade is dominated by a stately, arched entrance gate with two high pilasters. Above the gate is an elegant balcony that is flanked on either side by two coats of arms, those of Spain and the Cistercian Order. It took us a while to realize that we can just walk in here. The doors are open to everyone. The monastery complex is a ruin. But the volumes are still impressive and the whole thing has something theatrical. Wandering through the empty corridors and halls, I felt a bit like I was on a voyage of discovery. You can clearly see where the floors of the rooms used to be. But now they are gigantic open spaces. You can also see that they are trying to preserve the ruin. A new roof has been placed on one of the wings to prevent further decay. This part of the monastery seems to have been built in the 17th and 18th centuries. But the history of the monastery goes back much further. The Benedictine monastery was founded in the year 1137 by King Alfonso VII and his wife Berenguela. It was only later that the Cistercians took over the monastery. During the time of the ecclesiastical confiscations initiated by the then Prime Minister of Spain Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, known in Spanish as «la Desamortización», monastery possessions were expropriated and privatized. That was in the years 1835 to 1837 and meant the end for Spanish monasteries, including here in...
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Prácticamente abandonado, pero es enorme y guarda cierto encantó por la solera que significan 1000 años de existencia.
recinto está formado por el monasterio y una iglesia. La estructura se comenzó a erigir en el año 1182 por Fray Martín de Vega para los Benedictinos siendo más tarde usado por los cistercienses.
El edificio ha sido reformada varias veces desde su fundación, destacando las reformas de los siglos XVII y XVIII. De la estructura primitiva románica se conserva la cabecera del templo y el sepulcro de Juan Álvarez Osorio en la iglesia.
Está declarado Bien de Interés Cultural. Junto a él se celebra cada año el Via Crucis viviente, declarado Fiesta de Interés...
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Monumento espectacular, lleno de historia y desde hace unos meses que se cubrió el tejado por parte del gobierno del Principado se ha convertido en un recinto precioso para eventos musicales, festivos..etc. Hace unos días se celebró en este entorno "A Festa dos frailes" un acontecimiento festivo, lúdico muy recomendable, con varias actuaciones musicales , teatrales y también para niños. Hay que agradecer a los organizadores el ingente trabajo que lleva conseguir este resultado y animarlos a continuar con esta celebración. Resumiendo, un entorno precioso para una fiesta muy recomendable a la que hay que invitar a familiares y amigos para...
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