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Commisioned by the Reyes Católicos to the architect Juan Guas to commemorate their victory at the Battle of Toro in 1476, was also intended as a Royal Mausoleum and was finished in 1495. The Queen's original idea of a Musoleum was discarded and the building was intended to act as dwelling for the Franciscan brothers, who had turned to her seeking assistance.
The building was commisioned to Architect Juan Guas and sculptor Egas Cueman, whose work was decisive regarding the decoration. To defray the works royal treasures were used.
The Church has a unique nave and several side chappels. The exquisite distribution of light stands out, giving a maximum of light to the Altar Major, with a combination of the special distribution of the stained-glass windows and the distrobution of the spaces. The cloister devoted to God, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Franciscus, is considered a master piece of the late Spanish Gothic Movement.
In the time of Carlos V a second cloister is built and communicated with the first through a staircase. On the austere exterior, some chains were hanging by order of Queen Isabel, remembering the Reconquest of the southern territories by King Fernando through which the christians were relesed from the "muslim slavery".
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