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
surface form: Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
foundedInCentury 12th century
function cultural center
religious center
governingBody Government of Aragon
hasPart chapter house
Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Huesca province
surface form: Province of Huesca

Villanueva de Sigena
northeastern Spain
originalUse female convent
patron Crown of Aragon
regionOfCulturalInfluence Kingdom of Aragon
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Order of Saint John
surface form: Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
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 Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: church of Santa Maria de Sijena
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon burialPlace Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
this entity surface form: Monastery of Santa María de Sigena
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon founderOf Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
this entity surface form: Monastery of Santa María de Sigena
Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon deathPlace Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena
this entity surface form: Monastery of Santa María de Sigena