Convent of San Francisco de Pastrana

This Jeronymite monastery in Tendilla was founded on the initiative of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Count of Tendilla, on a pre-existing hermitage dedicated to Saint Anne.

According to tradition, the origin of this convent is to be found in an apparition of the Virgin to two Knights Hospitaller who had taken refuge under a willow tree during a storm. This was followed by the construction of a chapel and the subsequent establishment of the monastic house.

This Franciscan house was founded in Mondéjar thanks to the will of Íñigo López de Mendoza (1440-1515), first Marquis of Mondéjar and second Count of Tendilla. The ruins of the church are preserved from that convent which still show part of the sculptural work, especially on the church doorway, surely the work of the architect Lorenzo Vázquez.