Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña
Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña · Huesca
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The monastery comprises two buildings: the New Monastery, dating from the 17th century and built in the Baroque style, and the Old Monastery, dating from the 10th century and built in the Romanesque style.
It has its origins in a hermitage church upon which the monastery was built in the 10th century; the so-called Lower Church, in the Mozarabic style, was built first and consecrated in 920. Sancho the Great of Navarre founded a new monastery in 1025.
A new Romanesque-style church was built. In the 15th century, the Chapel of San Victorián was built, and in the 17th century, following a fire, the monastery had to be rebuilt, this time in the Baroque style. However, the most important feature is the marvellous Romanesque cloister, which is what attracts visitors.
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