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The Yuste Monastery and the last trip of Emperor Charles V

The Yuste Monastery and the last trip of Emperor Charles V

by Irene Corchado Resmella | Jul 17, 2015 | Cáceres – northeast, History

If you didn’t have long to live, where would you like to spend the rest of your days? When Charles V Holy Roman Emperor asked himself that question in 1555 he didn’t go for a sumptuous palace. Instead, he chose to spend his last days in a remote monastery in northern...

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