Monasterio de la Rábida
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Franciscan
- Era
- 15th Century
- Architectural style
- Gothic-Mudéjar
- Founded
- 1261
- Current status
- Museum
- Location
- Palos de la Frontera, Huelva
- Province
- Huelva
- Region
- Andalucía
A Franciscan monastery where Christopher Columbus planned his first voyage to the Americas. The friars here interceded with Queen Isabella on Columbus's behalf.
Highlights
- Columbus planned his voyage here
- Mudéjar frescoes in the cloister
- Overlooking the Río Tinto estuary
- UNESCO tentative list site
More Monasteries in Andalucía
- La Cartuja de Granada — Carthusian, 16th Century. A Carthusian monastery famous for its extraordinary Baroque sacristy, considered one of the finest examples of Spanish Baroque art. Founded in 1506 on the site of a Moorish garden.
- San Isidoro del Campo — Cistercian, 14th Century. A fortified Cistercian monastery near Santiponce, founded by Guzmán el Bueno in 1301. Its Gothic cloister and remarkable murals make it one of the most important monastic complexes in Andalusia.
- Cartuja de Jerez — Carthusian, 15th Century. A 15th-century Carthusian monastery near Jerez de la Frontera, known for breeding the famous Carthusian horse lineage and its Renaissance portal attributed to Andrés de Ribera.
- Monasterio de San Jerónimo — Hieronymite, 16th Century. The first monastery founded in Granada after the Reconquista, housing the magnificent tomb of El Gran Capitán. Its Renaissance church is a masterpiece of Andalusian architecture.
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