Poblet Monastery

The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet () is a Cistercian monastery. The abbey is located at the feet of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded in 1150 by Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona.Mary-Ann Gallagher; Nick Inman, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Barcelona & Catalonia (London; New York: DK, 2013), p. 126 It was the first of three monasteries that made up the "Cistercian triangle".Beebe Bahrami, The Spiritual Traveler: Spain : a Guide to Sacred Sites and Pilgrim Routes (Mahwah, NJ: HiddenSpring, 2009), p. 211 The other two were Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.

Burials
The following kings and queens of Aragon are buried at the Poblet Monastery:

Alfonso II (1196)
James I (1276)
Peter IV (1387), and his first three wives Maria of Navarre, Eleanor of Portugal, and Eleanor of Sicily
John I (1396), and his wives, Martha of Armagnac and Violant of Bar 
Martin (1410), and his first wife, Maria de Luna
Ferdinand I (1416), and his wife, Eleanor of Alburquerque
Alfonso V (1458)
John II (1479), and his second wife, Joana Enríquez

Images

References

Other websites

Monestir de Poblet Official website
Adrian Fletcher's Paradoxplace Poblet Pages (photos) 
Monestirs de Catalunya. Poblet 
Poblet photos  

Category:World Heritage Sites in Spain
Category:Buildings and structures in Catalonia
Category:Monasteries
Category:12th-century buildings and structures