Sevres plate from service des Vues Diverses – Monastère de Juste en Estrémadure où Charles Quint est mort

Sevres Plate 22x1 Service Des Vues Diverses Monastere De Juste En Estremadure Ou Charles Quint Est Mort



“Monastere de Yuste”.
The Monastery of Yuste is a monastery in the small village now called Cuacos de Yuste (in older works San Yuste or San Just) in the province of Cáceres in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain.
In 1809, during the Peninsular War, the monastery was burnt to the ground by the French army. It was left in ruins until 1949, when the Spanish government restored it at the behest of Francisco Franco.
After the engraving by François Liger / François Jacques Dequevauviller for Alexandre de Laborde (1811) “Voyage pittoresque et historique de l’Espagne”, I (segunda parte), Paris: Imprimerie de Pierre Didot l’ainé.

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