 The first buildings were completed in the Gothic style , including the church . The refectory ( dining hall ) shows an architectural style in transition between earlier Romanesque and contemporary Gothic . A fine High Gothic chapter house was built of best quality hard limestone . The church was rebuilt sometime before 1650 in a late Gothic style with a prominent vaulted ceiling . The cloister was rebuilt around 1617 , and is of a simple design with little adornment surrounding a High Renaissance arcade . The final phase of building took place around 1650 , with a new doorway for the church , completed in late Renaissance and <unk> style full of detail . Because of its prosperity and the repeated expansion projects , Santa María de Óvila exhibited examples of every Spanish religious architectural style used from 1200 to 1600 . However , even at its height , Óvila remained one of the smallest Cistercian monasteries in the region of Castile . 
