Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes

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Franciscan monastery Gothic architecture building Roman Catholic religious building monastery

The Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes is a late 15th-century Franciscan monastery in Toledo, Spain, renowned for its elaborate Isabelline Gothic architecture and richly decorated cloister.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes 1
San Juan de los Reyes Monastery 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Franciscan monastery ⓘ
Gothic architecture building ⓘ
Roman Catholic religious building ⓘ
monastery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
surface form: Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
surface form: San Juan de los Reyes Monastery
architect Enrique Egas ⓘ
Juan Guas ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Isabelline Gothic ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction 15th century ⓘ
cloisterStyle late Gothic ⓘ
constructionEnd circa 1504 ⓘ
constructionStart 1477 ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dedicatedTo John the Baptist ⓘ
surface form: Saint John the Baptist

Apostle John ⓘ
surface form: Saint John the Evangelist
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
foundedBy Ferdinand II of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
hasCloisterLevel two-storey cloister ⓘ
hasPart chapter house ⓘ
choir ⓘ
church ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
sacristy ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1926 ⓘ
heritageDesignationType monument ⓘ
liturgicalRite Latin Rite ⓘ
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
Toledo, Spain ⓘ
surface form: historic centre of Toledo
locatedInHistoricCity Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Toledo, UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedNear Tagus River ⓘ
locatedOn Calle de los Reyes Católicos ⓘ
notableFeature chains of Christian prisoners hung on exterior walls ⓘ
elaborate stone tracery ⓘ
heraldic decoration of the Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
ornate ribbed vaults ⓘ
richly decorated cloister ⓘ
patron Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
purpose commemorate the Battle of Toro ⓘ
serve as royal mausoleum for the Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
region Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrder Franciscan Order ⓘ
surface form: Franciscans
roofType ribbed vault ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes → alsoKnownAs → Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Juan de los Reyes Monastery
Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes → alsoKnownAs → Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes
Toledo → hasLandmark → Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
Puente de San Martín → isNearby → Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
Synagogue of El Tránsito → near → Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ