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This is at the same time a Monastery and a Palace where the most powerful King of the world in the XVI century, Charles V, chose to spend his last days of life when he renounced to the Spanish throne.
The Palace was annexed to the Geronimo Order monastery (still active, and its monks take rule of the Palace as well) in 1557 to lodge the Emperor Charles V
You have to pay a small fee to visit the Palace, which includes a guide who will give explanations in several languages along this intimate but rather modest Palace (Charles V was very humble man, like his son Felipe II) ornamented with wonderful paintings of celebrated Spanish and Italian artists.
If you are making on foot the pilgrimage El Camino de la Plata, from Sevilla to Santiago de Compostela, as was my case, so you can combine this visit with the Monasterio de Guadalupe (see my travel tip), both places in the Extremadura province of Caceres.
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