Le Monastère de Santes Creus (en catalan Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Santes Creus) est une abbaye cistercienne construite au XIIe siècle située en bordure de la commune de Aiguamurcia, dans la Catalogne. Elle fut déclarée Monument National par Ordre Royal le 13 juillet 1921.
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The Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus, is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Aiguamúrcia, Catalonia, Spain.
The abbey was erected in the 12th century, in today's municipality of Aiguamúrcia, in the village of Santes Creus, in the province of Tarragona. However, it was in the thirteenth century when Peter III of Aragon expressed his desire to be buried in the monastery and a royal crypt was built for himself and his son, King James II that many of the local nobility established the custom to choose this place for burial. This increased the monastery's wealth and power due to the numerous donations received.
Santes Creus along with Vallbona de les Monges and Poblet Monastery are known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century.
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Vilardida is a village in the Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The population in 2003 is indicated by Municat as 3 and also as 27 people. This confusion is probably because the village falls under the jurisdiction of two municipalities: Vila-rodona and Montferri. The probable population today is about 10 people and the village covers an area of about 10,000m2. The elevation is 285 m above sea level. It is situated at the "T" junction to Montferri on the main road C51 between El Vendrell and Valls and at 2.5 km from exit 11 of the motorway AP2 from Barcelona to Lleida.
The name was first cited in 1009 as Villa Ardidam because of the fires lit by the Bishops from Barcelona at that time.
The small church, Saint Mary of Vilardida, was built in the 18th century, although many of the village's buildings date back to the 15th century.
The village lies in wine growing area on the edge of a small fertile flood plain, 400m from the Gaià River. This river flows all year round down into a large reservoir in the three municipalities: Renau, Vilabella and El Catllar and then out into the Mediterranean Sea at Altafulla, near Tamarit castle.
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El Montmell is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,958 .
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Bràfim is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, in north-eastern Spain. This town produces quite good table wine.
It has a population of 697 .
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