Santa Catalina de Siena Monastery: Juan de Juni's Burial and the Dominican

Santa Catalina de Siena Monastery, a Catholic temple in Valladolid, Spain, was founded in 1488 by Doña Elvira Benavides y Manrique. Juan de Juni, a renowned sculptor, was buried here in 1577, according to his will. In 1588, María de Castro, the widow of Antonio Cabeza de Vaca, bought the rights to the main chapel and commissioned Pedro de la Cuadra to create two oratory statues. The Dominican nuns who resided here moved to the Convent del Corpus Christi in 2009, and the artistic works were relocated to the church of San Pablo with the Dominicans of Valladolid. A project to transform the complex into a Wine Culture Center was presented in 2022, and renovation work began in 2024. The 17th-century interior still features an intriguing retable with a Cristo crucificado by Juan de Juni.

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