Stock Photo - The Monastery of San Jeronimo was the first monastery that was built following the Christian Reconquest of Spain. Francisco and Jacobo El Indaco, two Italian masters, took part in its initial construction in 1525. The master architect Diego de Siloe took over in 1528. The church has a rich Renaissance interior decoration. It was conceived as a pantheon to Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, El Gran Capitan, a famous Spanish military personality. The cross vault features a full iconographic program with representations of Christ, the Apostles, saints and angels on the chancel.

Stock Photo: The Monastery of San Jeronimo was the first monastery that was built following the Christian Reconquest of Spain. Francisco and Jacobo El Indaco.

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