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Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación

Santo Domingo de la CalzadaSpain Founded in 1610

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The Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación is an abbey of Cistercian nuns (Cistercian Order, Congregation of Castile) in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, in La Rioja (Spain), along the Way of Saint James. The community traces its origins to the monastery of Santa María de los Barrios, in Abia de las Torres, populated in 1280 by nuns from the Huelgas de Burgos. It settled in Santo Domingo de la Calzada in 1610, then in the current monastery in 1621.

The abbey was under the authority of the Huelgas de Burgos until 1873. Today, the nuns run a Cistercian hospedería open to travelers, with a restaurant, as well as a pilgrim albergue.