General view of Monastery of Nuestra Señora de Valvanera Anguiano, Spain Rioja 110896_Spain
The Monastery of Nuestra Señora de Valvanera (Spanish: Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Valvanera) is a monastery located in Anguiano, Spain. Valvanera. The name seems to derive from the Latin "Vallis Venaria" would mean "Valley of the veins of water". The first document that appears Valvanera, belongs to an agreement in the year 1016 between Sancho Garcés Major and his father Sancho Garcia , which fixed the limits of their respective kingdoms. Modern historians link the origins of the monastery with the discovery of the statue of Saint Mary by Nuno Onez, around the last third of the ninth century . Onez Nuno said to have been a "man of life dedicated to wanton looting after miraculously repent of his former life, he retired to the cave Trómbalos in Anguiano , where he lived until his death. One day there appeared an angel instructed him to go up Valvanera and look inside the oak outstanding image of the Virgin, move it to a nearby cave located on a rock, which created the chapel of Santo Cristo "Around the image would meet a group of hermits who were eventually adopting a regular life inspired by the Rule of St. Benedict. The first abbot of the monastery was Don Sancho, from the year 990 . Handwriting is preserved in the Benedictine rule called "Esmaragdo" dated in the year 954 (current 992 ) with a note saying it was written for Valvanera. The monastery has been inhabited continuously until the present day, except for the secularization of Mendizabal (1853-1883). Start with the friars of the Monastery of San Millán de Yuso , a campaign of preaching throughout Rioja promoting around the image and reviving devotion to the worship of the Virgin of Valvanera. Wool Tiburcio encouraged by his words began to rebuild the ruined building, a task that is later helped by other volunteers. At the end of his days he wrote the book History of Valvanera. The oldest surviving buildings today are the Romanesque tower and the church. Currently there is a monastery next to the in.
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