Monastery of Las Huelgas

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The Monastery of Las Huelgas is a historic Cistercian royal abbey near Burgos, Spain, long used as a burial site and spiritual retreat for Castilian monarchs and nobility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian monastery
Roman Catholic monastery
royal abbey
alsoKnownAs Las Huelgas Reales NERFINISHED
Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Mudéjar architecture NERFINISHED
Romanesque architecture
burialPlaceOf Alfonso VIII of Castile NERFINISHED
Berengaria of Castile NERFINISHED
Constance of Aragon NERFINISHED
Eleanor of England NERFINISHED
other members of Castilian royal family
constructionStart late 12th century
country Spain
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Burgos NERFINISHED
foundedBy Alfonso VIII of Castile NERFINISHED
Eleanor of England NERFINISHED
foundingDate 1187
function active religious community
tourist attraction
genderOfCommunity female
governedBy abbess of Las Huelgas
grantedPrivilegesBy Alfonso VIII of Castile NERFINISHED
later kings of Castile
hasPart chapter house
church of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas NERFINISHED
cloister
museum of medieval textiles
royal pantheon
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural
heritageDesignationDate 1874
inHonorOf Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
locatedIn Burgos NERFINISHED
Castile and León
Kingdom of Castile (historical) NERFINISHED
locatedNear City of Burgos NERFINISHED
locatedOn Iberian Peninsula
notableFor combination of Romanesque and Gothic architecture
medieval textile collection
royal funerary monuments
openToPublic yes
partOf Spanish national heritage
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cistercian Order NERFINISHED
typeOfCommunity enclosed nuns
usedAs burial site for Castilian monarchs
burial site for Castilian nobility
royal pantheon of Castile NERFINISHED
spiritual retreat for Castilian royalty

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Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile burialPlace Monastery of Las Huelgas
Burgos hasHeritageSite Monastery of Las Huelgas
Burgos hasLandmark Monastery of Las Huelgas
Elisabeth of Swabia burialPlace Monastery of Las Huelgas
this entity surface form: Royal Monastery of Las Huelgas
Berengaria of Castile placeOfBurial Monastery of Las Huelgas
this entity surface form: Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos