Monasterio de la Ascensión
ZamoraSpain Founded in 1961
Benedictines Nuns
Monasterio de la Ascensión is a monastery of Benedictine nuns located in Zamora (Castille-et-León, Spain), on the road to Fuentesaúco. Founded in 1961, it occupies a building completed in 1979. The community belongs to the Monastic Congregation of Santa Hildegarda, which brings together the Benedictine nuns of Spain, and has founded the monastery of Santa Escolástica in Costa Rica.
The nuns run a publishing house, Ediciones Montecasino. The monastery is among the congregation's houses that have a monastic guest house, open to those seeking a time of prayer and silence.