DIGITAL GUIDE TO THE MONASTERY OF SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS
  • The Monastery
  • The Cloister
    • THE LOWER CLOISTER: ICONOGRAPHY AND MEANING OF RELIEFS AND CAPITALS
      • Reliefs of the South-Eastern Pilaster
      • Capitals of the Eastern Gallery
      • Reliefs on the North-Easern Pilaster
      • Capitals of the Northern Gallery
      • Reliefs of the South-Western Pilaster
      • Capitals of the Southern Gallery
    • CHAPTER HALL
    • PORTAL OF THE VIRGINS
    • THE VIRGIN OF MARCH
    • SEPULCHRAL SHRINE OF SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS
    • ALFARJE OR PANELLED CEILING
  • THE APOTHECARY
  • THE MUSEUM
  • SCRIPTORIUM AND LIBRARY
  • ABBEY CHURCH
  • THE SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS CHAPEL
  • THE GUEST QUARTERS
  • SILOS AND LITERARY CREATION
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THE GUEST QUARTERS

The monastery has a guesthouse offering full board to both men and women, whether Christian or not, who are welcomed into the community as members sharing the same space and atmosphere of spirituality and have complete freedom to organise their day-to-day life but respecting the rhythm of the monastic community.

© 2025 electronic edition:

Regional Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport
Junta de Castilla y León

Edition co-financed by:

European Union. FEDER REACT EU Funds Junta de Castilla y León

©Text and images:

Inés Ruiz Montejo

Iconography and meaning of the capitals and reliefs in the cloister

 

Images:

General Directorate of Cultural Heritage. Junta de Castilla y León

Royal Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos

Planimetries:

Adaptation of the monastery planimetry by Mariano Palacios, 1973
Adaptation of the cloister planimetry by Fr. Justo Pérez de Urbel, 1975

Translations:

Albert Figueras Carreño. Tradumedia

Electronic edition design:

Juan LLorens Grupo de Soluciones Estratégicas S.L.U.

This edition is included among the actions of TRANSROMANICA, European Route of Romanesque Heritage, recognized as a Cultural Itinerary by the Council of Europe in 2007, promoted by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Regional Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport, Junta de Castilla y León.

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