🟢 CHURCH OF SAN JERÓNIMO EL REAL | DISCOVER THE BEST EXAMPLE OF FLAMOUS GOTHIC IN MADRID 🟢

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Lovers of the Gothic style are also in luck in Madrid. Due to history, the capital of Spain only has one example of this magnificent architecture, but it is a beautiful example. It does not reach the grandeur of medieval cathedrals, such as those of Burgos, León or Seville, but it is a building with a beautiful imprint.
Perhaps the exterior is not too flashy, although it gives us a small idea of what we can see inside the temple. Because inside there are a series of works of art of great value, and a series of details that take us back to that time at the beginning of the 16th century in which the church of San Jerónimo el Real was built.
It was built between 1503 and 1505 by mandate of the Catholic Monarchs in a location located to the east of the city and which was known as the Prado. Once the building for the benefit of the Order of San Jerónimo was finished, the place became known as the Prado de San Jerónimo.
This church has always been closely linked to royalty, as important events such as the meeting of the Castilian Cortes took place there in 1510 by order of Ferdinand the Catholic. A little later, in 1528, Carlos I summoned the Cortes again in the same place to proclaim Felipe de Habsburgo, Prince of Asturias, as heir and successor to the kingdoms.
In the 16th century, Felipe II enlarged the so-called Cuarto Real, some rooms for the lodging of the monarchs and which would be the germ of the future Palacio del Buen Retiro. During the reign of Felipe IV, the complex became the center of court life. In the temple the ill-fated prince Baltasar Carlos of Austria was sworn in as heir to the kingdoms of Castile.
In the following centuries, and especially during the French invasion, the temple was badly damaged. At the end of the 19th century it was extensively renovated and allowed to host, among other events, the marriage between King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg on May 31, 1906.
The building is Gothic in style but due to the history lived, many of the things that you see on the outside are from the 19th century. The doorway, the work of Ponciano Ponzano, is covered by an atrium and has a large bell-shaped arch, finished off at the top by the Calvary. On both sides you can see the shields of the Spanish Royal House. In the center there is a large relief of the Nativity or Birth of the Virgin.
The enclosure is accessed through a wood-panelled vestibule, with doors on each side. After crossing this small room, we reach the interior and find a church with a Latin cross plan, a single central nave, a small transept and five side chapels on each side. Above us is the choir with its classic Gothic ribs, something also present in the vault of the nave.
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