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🏛️ Poblet Monastery

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🏛️ Poblet Monastery
Historic Cistercian Abbey and Royal Pantheon in Catalonia


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UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Prades Mountains, Tarragona Province
  • Founded in 1150 by Cistercian monks from France
  • Royal pantheon for multiple Kings and Queens of the Crown of Aragon
  • Survived suppression, looting, and abandonment; restored since the 1930s

Poblet Monastery stands in the Prades Mountains near Vimbodí in Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1150 by French Cistercian ...

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