Yuste Monastery

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Yuste Monastery
Palace of Charles V

The Monastery of Yuste ( San Jerónimo de Yuste ) is located in the province of Cáceres in Extremadura , isolated on the southern flank of the Sierra de Gredos in Spain . The Hieronymites Monastery of Yuste was the last refuge of Emperor Charles V. He spent his last years of his arrival in November 1556 to his death in September 1558. For 1409, founded the monastery can be reached from the top Jerte located Tornavacas over the Ruta de Carlos V trail . In 2007, the Yuste Monastery was awarded the European Heritage Label.

building

The current monastery complex with church, convent buildings, two-storey cloister and palace of Charles V was rebuilt from 1949 on Franco's orders over the remains of the medieval and early modern buildings. The historic monastery was destroyed to the ground by the French army in the early 19th century (1809) during the Napoleonic Wars .

Charles V in the monastery of Yuste

At the age of 55, Charles V, then the most powerful man in the world, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and King of the Spanish Empire "in which the sun never set" , decided to resign from his crown and office. The empire went to his brother Ferdinand , the Spanish kingdom to his son Philip .

Emperor Charles V reached on 11 November 1556 his entourage Tornavacas. The entourage consisted of a large number of riders and servants with whom Charles V traveled to the remote region in a sedan chair that is still preserved today . Charles V did not enter the Order of the Hieronymites during his time in Yuste . He lived in a small, Italian-style palace, which was built for him directly adjacent to the monastery. Until the palace was finally completed, he lived temporarily in Jarandilla in the castle of the Count of Oropesa . On February 3, 1557, Charles V was able to move into the completed monastery palace. There he lived the "self-chosen path to oneself".

A special feature of the palace extension is a connecting door from the bedroom to the main altar of the monastery. The on gout sufferer Charles V was then the trade track from his bed. Even if the palace is relatively modest with only eight rooms, the privateer was not lacking in comfort: around sixty servants took care of the abdicated emperor in his old age residence.

Literature and music

August von Platen († 1835) designed the arrival of Charles V in Yuste in the ballad scene The Pilgrim before St. Just , which Carl Loewe set to music in 1844 (op. 99,3).

In Verdi's opera Don Carlos (1867), the second act begins at the monastery of Yuste, where Prince Carlos seeks reflection at his grandfather's grave.

Ernst Krenek's opera Karl V (1933) is set in Yuste. Here, Karl recounts the most important events of his life after his abdication. His memories appear to him as visions.

European Academy of Yuste

The European Academy of Yuste Foundation (Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste) was established in 1992. The academy's goal is to spread European cultural, historical and social values. In addition to other activities, the foundation has honored committed Europeans with the Karl V European Prize (Premio Europeo Carlos V) since 1995.

Prize winners:

Web links

Commons : Monastery of Yuste  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monasterio de Yuste , Revista Ibérica, December 28, 2019, accessed on July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Ferdinand Seibt : Karl V. The Emperor and the Reformation . Siedler, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-88680-338-4 , p. 220.
  3. ^ Ferdinand Seibt: Karl V. The Emperor and the Reformation . Siedler, Berlin 1990, p. 224.
  4. ^ August von Platen: The pilgrim in front of St. Just in the Gutenberg project.

Coordinates: 40 ° 6 ′ 50.75 "  N , 5 ° 44 ′ 19.51"  W.