The monastery of Santa Maria del Poblet is located at the foot of the slopes of the mountains of Prades, in the wine lands of the Priory. Natural Area is from 1984 National Interest. The Latin name derives from the mall (Populetum). The monastery of Poblet is an impressive architectural and major monuments monastic Spain and Europe. In the monastery of Poblet is the tomb of James I the Conqueror .Poblet Monastery stands as an example of Cistercian art . The architectural complex consists of three enclosed by a wall, which also includes a garden, the walled enclosure and a large central courtyard. It was built between the XII and XIII. Cistercian monasteries were located in unpopulated and unspoiled land, but always near bodies of water, which the monks become fertile and productive land, developing agricultural innovations that eventually even the Cistercians make the largest agricultural engineers of the time.The royal monastery Vimbodí or monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a part, along with the monastery of Santa Creus and the monastery of monks Vallbona of them, of all Cistercian monasteries that were established in New Catalonia in the second half of the twelfth century as an instrument of reorganization and recruitment of new lands conquered by the Crown of Aragon to the Muslims. In the late eleventh century (1098) a group of Benedictine monks founded the monastery of Citeaux and the Cistercian in Burgundy (France), where he tried a new way to live the Rule of St. Bernard, with a desire to return to the origins and seek greater austerity and detachment from the world. He was born Cistercian order.At the time of peak of the monastery s. XIV had jurisdiction over seven baronies, which encompassed 60 villages. The library is one of the jewels of the monastery with the donation of the library of Peter III (1380) and later with Peter Anonio of Aragon, Duke of Cardona, viceroy of Naples (1680), although you can not visit without an appointment in advance. We could see that there are monks working on it. Although throughout the visit you run into any monk, indeed, when you have to eat close the rooms destined for it. Below you can see a photo of the room.Enriched with various grants, reached its zenith in the fourteenth century, and its total decay and neglect in 1835 as a result of the confiscation of Mendizabal. In 1930 he began its restoration in 1935 so that he could rededicate the church to worship, and in 1940 returned to his abbey of monks. Not all places can be visited, to be used by agencies in closing the deal again Cistercian monastery.One thing that surprised me the visit was to learn that the monastery of Poblet is the tomb of James I the Conqueror, because like everything I have studied its history Valencia in many courses ... and could not remember. Jaume I's tomb is in the royal tomb of the monastery of Poblet, Tarragona. Don Jaume I the Conqueror (Jaime I the Conqueror) died and Valencia, July 27, 1276, sixty-eight years old, shortly after issuing the will that divided his vast kingdom between his sons Peter III ( Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia) and James II (Balearic Islands, Roussillon and Montpellier). The remains of James I lie the royal tomb of the monastery of Poblet, Tarragona, a monument of XII century. Peter III was the Ceremonious who decided that the rulers of the Crown of Aragon would to eternity in this cloister, and he built a royal pantheon each side of the altar. On the left lies Jaume I and his wife.In the monastery you can visit the Abbey of Poblet winery and taste some of the famous wines of Priorat . La Bodega Abbey de Poblet Monastery born from the desire to recover the winemaking tradition in his monastery, an ancient tradition, so characteristic of the Cistercian Order , which began in Burgundy and linked with a single variety of grapes: Pinot Noir , a variety delicate and difficult, which causes soft and elegant wine, unique in its fineness and away, for its style, any other known red wine. This variety is unusual in our country, on the other.
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