Almazán

Title

Almazán

Also Known As

Almasan, Morón, Morón de Almazán, S. Maria de Aliende el Duero, S. Maria de Allende del Duero, S. Maria de Allén de Duero, S. Maria ultra Dorium, Sta. Maria de Allent del Duero en Almagan, Sta. Maria ultra Dorium

Dates

Founded 1230; dissolved 1830

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Retuerta

Medieval Diocese

Soria

Circary

Spain

History

Almazán was founded around 1230 under the patronage of Leonor of Castile. Shortly afterwards, it was translated to the Premonstratensian order under the filiation of Retuerta. The house was badly damaged in a fire in the 1440s, and though rebuilt using the resources of the Premonstratensian abbey of La Vid, the community went into a decline.

While still in existence in the early 17th century, Almazán appears to then have been home to only one or two inhabitants, and was formally dissolved in 1830.

Heads of Community

Priors

Bernardus, fl. 1237
Pedro I Dominguez, fl. 1252
Geronimo de Villaluenga, fl. 1513
Pedro II Ruiz, 1540-1575

Status

Priory

Archival Sources

Madrid, Archivo Histórico Nacional

ES./23

Bibliography

Márquez Muñoz, José Ángel. “Un monasterio de premostratenses en la Quinta de Vistalegre.” Almazán, fiestas de la Bajada de Jesús, 1988.
Rodríguez Montañés, José Manuel. “El priorato de Nuestra Señora de Allende Duero.” In Enciclopedia del Románico en Castilla y León, 158–60. Aguilar del Campoo: Fundación Santa María La Real, 2002. https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_ALMAZ%C3%81N.pdf.
Zamora Lucas, Florentino. “El priorato de Santa María de Almazán (s. XIII).” Celtiberia: Revista del Centro de Estudios Sorianos 11, no. 21 (1961): 95–100.

Image Credit

Some ruins of the monastic complex were still extant in the late 19th century, near a bridge over the river Duero. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Spain

Citation

“Almazán,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/424.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Retuerta