Monastery of Pedralbes

The Reial de Santa Maria de Pedralbes monestir, in Spanish Real Monasterio de Santa María de Pedralbes (, Royal Monastery of Santa Maria of Pedralbes ') in Barcelona was founded in 1326 by Queen Elisenda de Montcada, the fourth and last wife of King James II, and the Poor Clares betrayed. The name of the monastery and later the whole area goes back to the white rock ( " Petra Alba " ), which was quarried nearby.

The monument of the 14th century is a good example of the Aragonese - Catalan Gothic. The single monastery church has a ribbed vault, a polygonal apse and notable rose window. Elisenda found their final resting place in an alabaster sarcophagus in the monastery church.

The courtyard is enclosed by a two-storey cloister. In Michael's Chapel in the cloister of a well-preserved fresco cycle was discovered in the 19th century behind closets. The resulting 1343 murals by Italian standards could finally be the famous Catalan artist Ferrer Bassa attributed.

The dormitory and the " salon " of the royal palace home to a small part of the 800 paintings that Spain has acquired from the collection of the Thyssen- Bornemisza collection in 1993. The main section is located in the Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza developed Villahermosa Palace in Madrid. The exhibition includes masterpieces of European painting from the Middle Ages until the 18th century, with works by Lucas Cranach and Bernhard Striegel, as well as with the Venetian paintings from Titian to Guardi.

In the other rooms of the cloister, the Museu de Pedralbes - monasteri shows an exhibition which brings to life the monastic life in the 14th century. On display are numerous works of art, liturgical objects and furniture that have collected the Poor Clares during the centuries- long existence of the Convention.

During the Spanish Civil War was in the monastery of the barracks " Carlos Marx " PSUC.