Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos
Santo Domingo de Silos has a Romanesque cloister at the centre of its monastic life. A medieval room houses museum objects preserved through nineteenth-century confiscation. Its library was created and maintained by the monks and has a history exceeding a thousand years.
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Santo Domingo de Silos has a Romanesque cloister at the centre of its monastic life. A medieval room houses museum objects preserved through nineteenth-century confiscation. Its library was created and maintained by the monks and has a history exceeding a thousand years.
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Editorial reading
Editorial interpretation: The relationship between cloister, museum and library offers a way to read spaces of community and preservation together. Collections can be considered alongside the continuing monastic life that gives them their setting.
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