San Juan de la Peña Monastery

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San Juan de la Peña Monastery is a historic medieval monastery in northern Spain, famed for its dramatic setting beneath a vast rock overhang and its significance in Aragonese religious and royal history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval monastery
monastery
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque

Romanesque architecture
cloisterBuiltInCentury 12th century
containsTombOf Peter I of Aragon
Ramiro I of Aragon
Sancho Ramírez of Aragon
country Spain
dedicatedTo Saint John the Baptist
linked to: John the Baptist

Saint John the Evangelist
linked to: Apostle John
elevation about 1,200 metres above sea level
foundedAs hermitage
foundedBy Benedictine monks
foundedInCentury 10th century
hasPart New Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
Old Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
cloister of San Juan de la Peña
rock-hewn church
royal pantheon of Aragon
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural
National Monument of Spain
languageOfLocality Aragonese
Spanish
locatedIn Aragon
Province of Huesca
linked to: Huesca province

Pyrenees
Sierra de San Juan de la Peña
municipality of Jaca
northern Spain
locatedUnder large rock overhang
material stone
near city of Jaca
linked to: City of Jaca

village of Santa Cruz de la Serós
notableFor Romanesque sculpted capitals
integration into natural rock
picturesque setting beneath cliff
ownedBy Government of Aragon
patron kings of Aragon
linked to: King of Aragon
region Jacetania comarca
religion Roman Catholicism
significantFor Aragonese royal pantheon
Christian reconquest in the Pyrenees
history of the Kingdom of Aragon
tourismType cultural tourism site
religious tourism site
use historic monument
museum

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Huesca province contains San Juan de la Peña Monastery
Ramiro I of Aragon associatedWith San Juan de la Peña monastery
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery
Holy Chalice of Valencia associatedWithPlace San Juan de la Peña monastery
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery
San Juan de la Peña Monastery hasPart Old Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery
San Juan de la Peña Monastery hasPart New Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery
Sancho III of Navarre associatedWith Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery
Sancho Ramírez of Aragon placeOfBurial Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery
Peter I of Aragon and Navarre burialPlace Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
linked to: San Juan de la Peña Monastery