Arte Románico

It is a Benedictine abbey located on the eastern side of a small valley, in the municipality of Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and Leon in Spain. The cloister is one of the masterpieces of Romanesque monastery español.El, but not in its present form, dates back to the Visigothic period (seventh century), but fades during the Muslim occupation. In the tenth century, still called San Sebastian de Silos, particularly during the period in which Fernan Gonzalez ruled Castile (930-970), I re-emerged the monastic community reaching a thriving activity again fell under the raids of Almanzor.