In 1835, after the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal deprived it of most of its revenues, the convent was abandoned by its religious community, although some nuns later returned.

The Romanesque convent was largely destroyed by fire in 1936 by anti-clerical Anarchist militiamen in the Spanish Civil War.

Artworks still in place include the royal tombs of Sancha and Peter of Aragon, while the former abbess' throne was moved to the Lleida Museum.

Artworks still in place include the royal tombs of Sancha and Peter of Aragón, while the former abbess' throne is in the Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida.

The frescos had been fully photographed in black and white shortly before their destruction, and the remaining damaged sections, mostly having lost their colour, were moved to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona in 1936.

It began with the stripping of the unique Romanesque paintings (13th century) from the chapter house during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.