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The Monastery of Vallbona de les Monjas[1][2] (in Catalan, Monestir de Vallbona de les Monges), also called the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona[3] and Our Lady of Vallbona,[4] is a female Cistercian abbey, located in the Catalan region of Urgel within the municipality of Vallbona de las Monjas (Lérida).
It was declared a National Monument by Royal Order on 3 June 1931. Built between the 12th and 14th centuries, it is of Romanesque style with much of it already done in Gothic architecture. It is the most important female Cistercian monastery in Catalonia and together with the monastery of Poblet and the monastery of Santes Creus it forms part of the Cistercian Route.[5]