San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries World Heritage Site

Official name

San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries | UNESCO

Country

Spain | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

San Millán de la Cogolla, Province and Autonomous Community of La Rioja
42.3258° Lat, -2.8649° Lon | Map

Code

805

Time Zone

Europe/Madrid (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1997. The monastic community founded by St Millán in the mid-6th century became a place of pilgrimage. A fine Romanesque church built in honour of the holy man still stands at the site of Suso. It was here that the first literature was produced in Castilian, from which one of the most widely spoken languages in the world today is derived. In the early 16th century the community was housed in the fine new monastery of Yuso, below the older complex; it is still a thriving community today.