HERITAGE RECORD · 665

Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe

瓜达卢佩的圣玛利皇家修道院

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred in 1492: the Reconquest of the Iberian peninsula by the Catholic Kings and Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Its famous statue of the Virgin became a powerful symbol of the Christianization of much of the New World.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ750248 ↗

Area1.1 ha

Administrative areaQ695504

WikipediaMonastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe ↗

Chinese Wikipedia王家瓜達露佩聖母修道院 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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