Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena

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The Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena is a historic royal Aragonese monastery in northeastern Spain, renowned as a medieval religious and cultural center and as the burial site of several members of the Crown of Aragon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
monastery ⓘ
royal monastery ⓘ
artworksRemovedTo Museo de Zaragoza ⓘ
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya ⓘ
associatedWith Aragonese royalty ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Peter II of Aragon ⓘ
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ⓘ
other members of the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
constructionStarted late 12th century ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
currentCondition partially restored ⓘ
damagedDuring Spanish Civil War ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Mary ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
foundedBy Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ⓘ
foundedFor Order of Saint John of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
foundedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
function cultural center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
governingBody Government of Aragon ⓘ
hasPart chapter house ⓘ
church of Santa Maria de Sijena ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
monastic buildings ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Spain ⓘ
knownFor Romanesque cloister ⓘ
medieval scriptorium and archives ⓘ
medieval wall paintings ⓘ
royal tombs ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalDocuments Aragonese ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Aragon ⓘ
Province of Huesca ⓘ
linked to: Huesca province

Villanueva de Sigena ⓘ
northeastern Spain ⓘ
originalUse female convent ⓘ
patron Crown of Aragon ⓘ
regionOfCulturalInfluence Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Order of Saint John of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
significance royal pantheon of the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
style Gothic architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
subjectOf heritage restitution disputes between Aragon and Catalonia ⓘ
sufferedEvent fire in 1936 ⓘ

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Peter II of Aragon → burialPlace → Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena ⓘ
Peter the Catholic → burialPlace → Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena ⓘ
Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena → hasPart → church of Santa Maria de Sijena ⓘ
linked to: Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon → burialPlace → Monastery of Santa María de Sigena ⓘ
linked to: Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon → founderOf → Monastery of Santa María de Sigena ⓘ
linked to: Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon → deathPlace → Monastery of Santa María de Sigena ⓘ
linked to: Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
Eleanor of Aragon, Countess of Toulouse → burialPlace → Monastery of Santa María de Sigena ⓘ
linked to: Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena