You must arrive at around 3.30 pm as it opens only about 4 pm in Summer. Please don't try to take photos. Such a well preserved and well looked after place.
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Monasterio de las Huelgas
Calle Compas de Adentro, Burgos, Spain
947-20-16-30
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Ranked #2 of 16 attractions in Burgos
41 Reviews
Type: Historic Sites, Religious Sites
Traveller Description: Royal Monastery of Las Huelgas The Royal Monastery of Las Huelgas is located at Calle Compases de Huelga, a bit out of the town center. The Spanish...
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For me, it is practically the equal of the cathedral. A working convent (with 32 cloistered nuns, in the bit you can't visit, of course), founded in the 12th century at the request of Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Henry II, and once the most powerful convent in Spain, answerable only to the Pope. Eleanor and her husband Alfonso VIII are...
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