History
In an endeavour to establish Christianity in Castile during the Reconquest, the Count of Castile commissioned the construction of a series of convent-fortresses. As a result, in 1146, the Premonstratensian order built the monastery of Santa María de Retuerta in a beautiful enclave on the banks of the Duero River.
The monks of the order of Saint Norbert were given terras et vineas (land and vines) in Duero Valley and the second abbot brought...