Culture
Subject:
World heritage
Summary/Historical Context
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.
on this subject:
WHC documentation about this site
Place/region
Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe,
Spain,
Europe
Series:
NHK World Heritage 100
Type:
Documentary
Duration:
Production:
NHK, producer. UNESCO WHC, sponsor ; UNESCO TV, sponsor.
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Rights/Droits: NHK; UNESCO TV
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