The most attractive feature of the building, besides its enormous historical and artistic value, is the natural environment in which it is located in the mountainous area that precedes the Ourense mountain ranges of Faro. Originally, the place was inhabited by four monks. In the 12th century, King Alfonso VI began making donations, and from that moment the building achieved great wealth, with its possessions reaching as far as the Coto de Marín (Pontevedra) and Zamora. Nestled in a deep valley, it is a monastic complex formed by several attached volumes of great monumentality. Its origin is medieval, and it underwent various restorations and modifications throughout the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The church, from the medieval period, is juxtaposed at a right angle with the other buildings. In the 17th century, a Baroque façade was added. This façade is rectangular, rusticated, and organized into three sections. The central section ends in a pediment, and the lateral sections in towers.