Located in Toledo, the Franciscan monastery of San Juan de los Reyes is one of the city's main landmarks and one of its most majestic and beautiful buildings. This monastery was founded by King Ferdinando of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile in honour of the birth of their child. child, and to commemorate the victory over the Portuguese at the Battle of Toro.
The construction of the convent was begun by the architect Juan Guas in 1477. 1477 and lasted for several decades. The main part of the building was completed in 1506. The main entrance to the monastery building, designed by by the famous architect Alonso Covarrubius, was built in 1553. According to the original plan was to make the monastery a royal tomb. But later it happened that Isabella and Ferdinand were buried buried in Granada, which they had liberated.
