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side in the cloister shows her dressed as a penitent widow, while the other part, an alabaster
masterpiece inside the adjacent church, shows her dressed as queen.
The Refectory & Dormidor
As you head around the ground floor of the cloister, you can peer into the restored refectory,
kitchen, stables, stores and a reconstruction of the infirmary - all giving a good idea of con-
vent life. Eating in the refectory must not have been a whole lot of fun, judging by the
en-
scriptions
around the walls exhorting
Silentium
(Silence) and
Audi Tacens
(Listen and
Keep Quiet).
Upstairs is a grand hall that was once the
dormidor
(sleeping quarters). It was lined by
tiny night cells but they were long ago removed. Today a modest collection of the monas-
tery's art, especially Gothic devotional works, and furniture grace this space.
DON'T MISS…
Ferrer Bassá's murals
The three-storey Gothic cloister
The refectory's admonishing enscriptions
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