Trapa de Santa Susana

The monastery passed through periods of splendor and decadence throughout its existence, and is now in ruins.

The original monastery was established in the 6th century by Benedictine monks who, at some point in its first 600 years, rebuilt it with the help of the Order of Calatrava.

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.

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