Dajla Abbey

The Dajla monastery is a former Benedictine early medieval monastery located in the hamlet of Dajla in the town of Novigrad in Croatia. The Benedictines established the monastery in the place of an already existing Basilian monastery in the early Middle Ages. They owned the monastery until the late 13th century, when it became a possession of the Sabini family. The Sabini family expanded the monastery's possessions and owned it until 1736, when the related Grisoni family inherited it. The Grisoni family donated it to the Benedictines from the Praglia Abbey in 1841. The Benedictines intensified the economic activities of the monastery, exporting agricultural products. They abandoned the monastery after World War II, which became state-owned in 1947. In 1999, the monastery was given to the current owner, the Diocese of Poreč-Pula. In 2006, the Benedictines filed a lawsuit requesting the return of the monastery from the Diocese of Poreč-Pula; however, the court dismissed their lawsuit in 2015.

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