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Monastery of Nuestra Señora de Fresdelval, Gothic monastery in Burgos, Spain.

The Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Fresdelval is a ruined Hieronymite monastery near Burgos, between Villatoro, Quintanilla Vivar and Villayerno Morquillas. Its church, begun by master Brahen, has a single nave with a square Cistercian-style apse and shallow side chapels between buttresses. The founder's alabaster tomb, later split in two, is now in the Museo de Burgos.

Gómez Manrique de Lara founded this Hieronymite monastery after vowing to build it in thanks for the 1400 cure of his daughter María and his own survival at the siege of Antequera in 1403. The first stone was laid on 25 March 1404 beside an older shrine to the Virgin. Gómez died in Córdoba in 1411 and was buried in the church; his descendants, the Padilla, supported it until the early 17th century.

The monastery served as a spiritual center where the faithful gathered to practice their beliefs, and it became the burial place for significant medieval figures including nobles and knights. Visitors can still observe these graves today, which reveal how deeply religious life was interwoven with the social order of that era.

The monastery is privately owned and in ruins, so it cannot be visited inside; the remains are seen from the outside. It lies between Villatoro, Quintanilla Vivar and Villayerno Morquillas, near Burgos. Access is by road from these villages, and the rural setting means there are no visitor facilities on site.

The tomb of founder Gómez Manrique and his wife Sancha de Rojas, carved in alabaster around 1400, was later split in two and the recumbent figures set into the sides of the main chapel. They remained there until being moved to the Museo de Burgos, where the piece can be seen today.

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Way of Saint James in the province of Burgos
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