Monastery of Santa María Real de las Huelgas

The convent was founded by Alfonso VIII and his wife Leonor, as the Pantheon of Kings and spiritual retreat for the ladies of high society and royalty.

This complex is made up of a church, monastery and cloistered quarters for Cistercian nuns, with a crenellated fence to protect them. The church has a chevet with five apses, transept and three naves. The cloister's choir is positioned in the central nave, next to the Pantheon of Kings and their consorts. The nave of the Gospel was for the Pantheon of Infants and the nave of the Epistle for the nuns. The sacristy door is worth particular note on account of its Arabesque design. The Banner of Navas de Tolosa is on display in the Museum of Medieval Textiles, the monastery's former granary, along with a one-of-a-kind collection of textiles and costumes recovered from the tombs of kings, queens and princes.