Monasteries
Sense the centuries of history
Chapel of Santa Maria - Monastery of the Mejorada
Founded at the beginning of the XV century by the infante M. Fernando de Trastamara, that most late it would be Fernando I de Aragon, the Hieronymite monastery of La Mejorada was a regular meeting place in Castilla in the XV and XVI centuries, which was frequently visited by the Catholic monarchs, Carlos V and Felipe II.
Both that ,Columbus wrote the Memorial of 1497 in the monastery of La Mejorada as Berruguete carved the altarpiece for the church prove the important role that it played in the social life of those years. With the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal disappeared the Hieronymites and the monastery passed into private hands.
Historical Data
- Architecture:
- Religious architecture
- Construction:
- Monastery / Convent
- Predominant styles:
- Gothic, Renaissance
- Historical Period:
- Middle Ages, Early modern period
Address
Olmedo. 47410 Valladolid.
More information
Oficina de Turismo of Valladolid
Pabellón de Cristal. Acera de Recoletos, s/n. Valladolid. 47004 Valladolid.
Teléfono: 983 219 310
Email: informacion@valladolidturismo.com
Página Web: http://www.info.valladolid.es
Tourist Office of Olmedo
Parque Temático del Mudéjar C/ Arco de San Francisco, s/n. Olmedo. 47410 Valladolid.
Telephone: 983 623 222
Email: info@olmedoclasico.es
Email: turismo@olmedo.gob.es
Website: http://www.olmedo.es/villadeolmedo
Opening hours
- Every day: depending on worship service