Desamortisation in Spanien
At the time of the French Revolution, some French Trappist monks were welcomed to the monastery and a thriving Trappist community became established in what became known as Trapa de Santa Susana. Despite the ravages caused by the Peninsular War, this community of monks flourished until the mid 19th century, when the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal "La Desamortización" caused the exclaustration of the monks and brought monastic life on the site to an end.