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Heritage Site San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Name as
inscribed on the World Heritage List San Millán de Suso Type
Cultural Criteria ii, iv, vi Reference 805 UNESCO region Europe
and North America Inscription history Inscription 1997 (21st
Session)  The monasteries of San Millán de Suso (6th century)
and San Millán de Yuso (11th century) are two monasteries
situated in the village of San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja,
Spain. They have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
since December 1997.[1]  The two monasteries' names Suso and
Yuso mean the "upper" and the "lower" in archaic Castilian,
respectively. Suso is the older building and is believed to be
built on the site of a hermitage where Saint Emilian (Spanish:
San Millán) lived. Perhaps Suso's major claim to fame is as the
place where phrases in the Spanish and Basque languages were
written for the first time.[2] UNESCO a