Monasterio de Tentudía
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Order of Santiago
- Era
- 13th Century
- Architectural style
- Gothic-Mudéjar
- Founded
- 1274
- Current status
- Museum
- Location
- Calera de León, Badajoz
- Province
- Badajoz
- Region
- Extremadura
Spain's highest monastery at 1,104m, founded after a legendary battle where the sun stood still to give the Christian army victory. Features exquisite 15th-century Mudéjar-Azulejo tiles.
Highlights
- Highest monastery in Spain (1,104m)
- Legend of the sun standing still
- Exquisite Mudéjar-Azulejo tiles
- Order of Santiago foundation
Related Military Orders
More Monasteries in Extremadura
- Real Monasterio de Guadalupe — Hieronymite, 14th Century. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Spain's most important pilgrimage destinations. Columbus brought Native Americans here to be baptized. Its architecture blends Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, and Baroque styles.
- Monasterio de Yuste — Hieronymite, 15th Century. The Hieronymite monastery where Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire retired and died in 1558. Set in the remote Vera valley, it embodies the end of the greatest dynasty of its age.
- Convento de San Antonio de Padua — Franciscan, 15th Century. A 15th-century Franciscan convent near Garrovillas de Alconétar with a beautifully austere cloister. It stands near the Roman bridge of Alconétar over the Tagus.
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