Meira Abbey () is a former Cistercian monastery in Meira, province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain."Gotische Architektur in Kastilien und León", in: Spanische Kunstgeschichte – eine Einführung, ed. Sylvaine Hensel and Henrik Karge, Bd. 1, Dietrich Reimer Verlag Berlin 1992, , pp. 113, 121.Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 757.
It was founded as a daughter house of Clairvaux Abbey, probably in 1143. It received endowments from the kings Alfonso VII, Ferdinand II and Alfonso IX. In 1515 it joined the Cistercian Castilian Congregation. In the 17th century a school of higher philosophy was established here. The abbey was suppressed in 1835 during the dissolution of the monasteries of the Mendizábal government. The only structure to survive is the church, now a parish church, since 1931 a national monument.
References
Further reading Mariño Veiras, Dolores (1983). Señorío de Santa María de Meira (s. XII-XVI). Ediciones Nos.
External links CODOLGA: Corpus Documentale Latinum Gallaeciae - Colección documental do mosteiro de Santa María de Meira