Trapa de Santa Susana

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The monastery of Santa Susana Trapa ( Spanish Monasterio de Santa María de la Trapa de Santa Susana ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Maella, comarca of Bajo Aragón - Caspe in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon in Spain. The facility is located approximately five kilometers north of Maella on the road A -1411 after Mequinenza the Ebro.

History

The monastery said to have been built in the 6th century as a Benedictine monastery, went to the time of the Moorish occupation and was under the monastery Escarp passed after the Reconquista of the Order of Calatrava, 1227 einrichtete a grange or a priory there. The plant experienced a checkered fate and came temporarily at the end of the 16th century, the Franciscans, but later moved to Maella what the Cistercians took over the system again. 1796 ( hence the name " La Trapa " ) settled in France exiled Cistercians of the branch of the Trappists at. Due to the monastery cancellation ( disentailment ) under the government of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal in 1835 left the monks in 1837 the monastery, which has since been exposed to decay.

Buildings and plant

The parts still Gothic, west facing unit is received ruinous. The ruined church is surmounted by a baroque tower. The monastery had six dormitories.