Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: schlussstein

A Benedictian monastery, with strong ties to Cluny, existed here in 958, after the Reconquista had reconquered the area about 50 years earlier. There are hints, that a convent may have been here already in Visigothic times. The monastery offered a "hopital" to the pilgrims already in 1054, when nearby Estrella was not even founded. The large church was erected in a Basilica-style within the 12th and 13th century on a the floorplan of a "Latin Cross". The keystone depicts the lapidation of Protomartyr Saint Stephen (Stephanus, Esteban, Étienne). One stone has just hit his head.