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Monastery of Santa María de la Cruz

Cubas de la Sagra, Comarca Sur, Madrid

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Monastery of Santa María de la Cruz

Monument · Cubas de la Sagra, Comarca Sur, Madrid

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It began as a small hermitage built where tradition places the apparitions of 1449, became a lay religious house in 1464 and grew into one of the richest monastic communities in Castile under the rule of Juana de la Cruz, known as Santa Juana.

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid (CC BY 3.0 es)

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