The eclipse, the last hope to save a 15th-century convent plundered in Valladolid
Una asociación aprovecha el evento astronómico para adecentar un viejo convento y reivindicar el patrimonio olvidado en un pueblo de 190 habitantes
The San Bernardino of Siena monastery, in Cuenca de Campos (Valladolid, 190 inhabitants), will, for one day, be the protagonist for something positive. The news around it in the last century have been characterised by the opposite: part of the materials from this temple of Gothic, Renaissance and Mudéjar styles were pillaged by the American media magnate William Randolph Hearst.
And the 15th-century convent, which belonged to the first constable of Castile, Pedro Fernández de Velasco, gradually crumbled before the apparent apathy of the archdiocese and local authorities.
Read on. And you, how will you experience the eclipse? At EL PAÍS, we want to know how you, our readers, are preparing for the astronomical phenomenon of 12 August. Send us to participacion@elpais.es your testimony of how you are preparing or how your town or city will receive the eclipse. You can include photos if you want. Next Monday, 10 August, we will publish some of our readers' eclipse stories.
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