Qualla: Monastery of Aguas Vivas https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:38:46 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Monastery of Aguas Vivas https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas Monastery of Aguas Vivas: Introduction https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas/ Its name means living waters, and water runs through the whole story of the place. A cistern sits at the center of its small cloister, a sundial climbs the bell tower to mark the hours, and the monks who built it up over centuries have long since gone. What remains near Carcaixent is a monastery that refused to end when its order left, passing instead through the hands of barons, a photographer, a Gandia businessman, and, most recently, a private investor. Along the way the sacristy became a winery and the cells became guest rooms.

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/monastery-of-aguas-vivas-wp/eyzw-monastery-of-aguas-vivas-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Monastery of Aguas Vivas: A House of the Living Waters https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas/ The Monastery of Santa Maria de Aguas Vivas traces its roots to the 13th century, set in the countryside of the municipality of Carcaixent in the province of Valencia. It belonged to the Augustinian order, and for centuries the monks were the guardians of the image of the Virgin ...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/monastery-of-aguas-vivas-wp/eyzw-monastery-of-aguas-vivas-a-house-of-the-living-waters.mp3 0:06 2 full Monastery of Aguas Vivas: Built and Rebuilt in Stone https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas/ The monumental building visible today took shape across the 16th and 17th centuries in Gothic and Baroque styles, with the north wing completed only in the 18th. The Valencian architect Francisco Colom led an expansion in 1597, reworking the cloister, and further campaigns follow...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/monastery-of-aguas-vivas-wp/eyzw-monastery-of-aguas-vivas-built-and-rebuilt-in-stone.mp3 0:06 3 full Monastery of Aguas Vivas: The Cloister and the Tower https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas/ The cloister is small but richly proportioned, decorated with frescoes and centered on its cistern, the refectory and kitchen set alongside. The bell tower rises as a long vertical shaft fitted with a sundial, capped in Arabic tiles and topped by an iron weathervane. Over the sem...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/z/w/monastery-of-aguas-vivas-wp/eyzw-monastery-of-aguas-vivas-the-cloister-and-the-tower.mp3 0:06 4 full Monastery of Aguas Vivas: From Cells to Guest Rooms https://qualla.com/monastery-of-aguas-vivas/ The monastic life ended in the middle of the 19th century with the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizabal, the state sales that emptied religious houses across Spain to pay public debts. The monks left, and the building passed to the barons of Casanova, who put it to use as r...

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