Santa María de Carrizo, Trappist monastery in Carrizo de la Ribera, Spain.

Santa María de Carrizo is a Romanesque monastery featuring three semicircular apses, a Romanesque portal, and a Gothic coffered ceiling in its chapter house. The building displays architectural elements from different periods while maintaining its fundamental structure throughout the centuries.

Countess Estefanía Ramírez founded the monastery in 1176, with her daughter becoming its first abbess and leading a long succession. Twenty-six abbesses directed the community over the next four centuries, establishing a continuous religious presence.

The monastery is not named after its founder; it takes its name from the village of Carrizo de la Ribera, which grew around the walls from settlers who came from El Villar de las Ollas. The community follows the Strict Observance since 3 July 1955, when the nuns voted to leave the Constitution of Las Huelgas. On 1 January 2016 it counted 19 nuns and one novice, and it depends on the Abbey of Santa María de Viaceli.

The monastery continues to function as an active religious community where nuns carry out their daily lives and produce handmade items. Visitors should remember that this is a lived-in space and should respect the rhythms and routines of the residents.

The monastery experienced an unprecedented interruption to its religious life between 1868 and 1871 when government mandated the forced closure of the community. This marked the first break in approximately 800 years of continuous monastic presence.