Royal Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe
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How it came to be
According to legend, in the late 13th century Gil Cordero, a shepherd from Cáceres, found a statue of the Virgin on the banks of the Guadalupe river. It was said to have been hidden from the Moors in 714, and a chapel was built on the spot. The monastery's foundation is dated to 1337.
Alfonso XI of Castile called on Our Lady of Guadalupe at the battle of Río Salado, credited her with the victory, declared the church a royal sanctuary and began a great rebuilding. In 1389 the Hieronymites made it their main house. The Mudéjar cloister dates from 1389-1405, and the sacristy of 1638-1647 is hung with paintings by Zurbarán.
The monastery is seen as a symbol of two events of 1492, the end of the Reconquest and Columbus's arrival in the Americas, and Columbus came here on pilgrimage after his voyage to give thanks. The Virgin of Guadalupe became a symbol of the Christianisation of the New World. The monastery declined after the confiscations of 1835, was revived by the Franciscans in the 20th century and was inscribed in 1993.
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