Royal Brotherhood of Queen Santa Mafalda, RIRSMA / Real Irmandade da Rainha Santa Mafalda, RIRSMA
- Country
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- Portugal
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Mosteiro de Arouca (Arouca Monastery)
Largo de Santa Mafalda
Apartado 103
PT-4540-108 Arouca
Tel: +351 256 943 321
Website: [email protected]
Email: museu[at]rirsma.pt
- Contact Person
- N/D
- Main Town/Region
- Arouca (Aveiro)
- Site Town/Region
- Arouca (Aveiro)
- Main GPS Location
- 40.928488, -8.247081
- Site GPS Location
- 40.928488, -8.247081
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- N/D
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- The Monastery of Arouca, whose foundation dates back to the 8th century, was one of the most important on the peninsula, following the Cistercian rule (www.cister.net/abbayes/fr/146/arouca).
The Royal Brotherhood of Queen Santa Mafalda was founded in 1886, after the death of the last nun of the Monastery of Arouca, with the aim of safeguarding, preserving, valuing and promoting the rich estate of this Cistercian Monastery, as well as avoiding its dispersion.
The Sacred Art Museum (Museu de Arte Sacra, est. 1933) is housed in the Monastery of Arouca, and collects objects of devotion of the nuns who inhabited the Monastery of Arouca.
- Logos/Pictures