Opposite the impressive Medina Azahara, also sheltered by the Cordoba mountains, and surrounded by native vegetation, is this imposing 15th century monastery.
The Monastery of San Jerónimo de Valparaíso is the first work of the Cordovan Gothic.
Founded after the arrival of some monks, mostly from Portugal, in Cordoba and with the help of Ines de Pontevedra and her son, the warden of the Donceles, Martín Fernández, a monastery was established on the slopes of the Sierra Morena and near Medina Azahara.
On November 21, 1980, it was declared a property of cultural interest.