Convento de San Francisco
Valladolid, Spain
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
The Convento de San Francisco in Valladolid, Spain, was a Gothic Franciscan friary founded in the 13th century outside the city walls near the market square that would eventually become the Plaza Mayor. The convent enjoyed royal patronage from Doña Violante, wife of King Alfonso X of Castile, and became a significant center of social and religious life in the city. The building gained historical prominence when Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid in May 1506 and was buried in its church, though the exact location of his death remains uncertain. The convent stood for over five centuries until its demolition in 1836, when its large plot was divided and sold; its loss was commemorated centuries later when the City Council of Valladolid placed a memorial plaque at the site during the quincentennial of Columbus's death.
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- Type
- destroyed building or structure, Franciscan friary
- Place
- Valladolid, Spain
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