Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes is a monument of medieval Gothic architecture, located on a fairly large area and in many ways retained its original majestic look.

Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes was founded in 1326 last, the fourth wife of the King of Catalonia and Aragon Jaume II Elizendoy de Moncada. The opening of the monastery took place May 3, 1327 during a solemn mass. The monastery housed the nuns of the Order of St. Clare, who only in 1983 moved to a neighboring monastery.

Queen Elizenda showed great interest in this monastery, which was under its patronage and enjoyed the privileges of the royal family. In one of the monastery he lived keley Elizendy niece, the future Abbess. Nearby is the Chapel of San Miguel, which is a real work of art. Its walls and floor-to-ceiling frescoes of the artist Ferrer Bassa on the theme of the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Passion of Christ, he created in 1346. These paintings were commissioned master niece Queen Elizendoy. After the death of King Elizenda topped the Order of St. Clare, and the rest of his life in the monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes.

All the rooms in the monastery perfectly preserved: the cells, the chapel, the chapel, the refectory. In the heart of the monastery is a large courtyard in three levels established in the form of numerous, large arches, onto which cells nuns. In the niche of the monastery wall remains of the Queen Elizendy. On both sides of the church are located its statues, one of which depicts her in royal robes, and the other - in a nun.

In 1931 the monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes was declared a national historic monument.