Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Salzedas, Cistercian monastery in Salzedas, Portugal

Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Salzedas is a former Cistercian abbey in Salzedas whose church has a Baroque facade. The monastic buildings stand to the right of the church and were renewed between the 16th and 18th centuries, with a new cloister designed by the Maltese architect Carlos Gimach added in the 18th century.

The monastery became Cistercian around 1159 or 1168, linked to the primary abbey of Clairvaux. Its founding is attributed to Teresa Afonso, wife of Egas Moniz. Like all Portuguese Cistercian houses, it was dissolved in 1834.

The sacristy holds two 16th-century paintings depicting Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian. The monastery was dissolved in 1834, and since 2011 visitors can see the museum nucleus and the exhibition "Fragmentos. Expressões da Arte Religiosa do Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Salzedas".

The monastery opened to visitors in October 2011 after joining the Vale do Varosa Project in 2009. The church, cloister and museum nucleus are visited together, and the exhibition "Fragmentos" displays religious art from the monastery's own collection. Restoration of the buildings and holdings began in 2002 and continues, so some areas may be closed.

The monastery was dissolved in 1834, along with all Portuguese Cistercian houses, and only reopened to the public in October 2011 after joining the Vale do Varosa Project in 2009. Inside, the museum nucleus displays the exhibition "Fragmentos. Expressões da Arte Religiosa do Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Salzedas".