shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileSpain

in the Villuercas mountains of western Extremadura

Guadalupe Royal Monastery

Name: Guadalupe Royal Monastery — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— a monastery the new world came home to.

— Extremadura wall art on a ceramic tile, made to order

from $22

$58

6 × 6 in, glossy, hidden mount · all sizes, murals and mounts ↓

Finished by hand in Knoxville. Free US shipping over $75, on your wall in about ten days. Damaged in transit? Free replacement within 30 days; other returns within 30 days. Returns · Contact

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.

— On the nightstand, catching the morning.

— shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in

— bring it home

Guadalupe Royal Monastery, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— comes gift-ready

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

— or build a grouping

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

— a note from the studio

“A monastery in the hills of Cáceres province, founded in the late thirteenth century around a small Marian shrine and grown over the next two hundred years into one of the most important religious houses in Spain. The Hieronymites held it from 1389 until disentailment in 1835; the Franciscans returned in 1908. Columbus stopped here to give thanks after his first voyage; the first Indigenous Americans baptized in Spain were baptized at this font. UNESCO World Heritage since 1993. from the studio

from the studio

— about Guadalupe Royal Monastery

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

The Real Monasterio de Santa María de Guadalupe stands at the edge of the village of Guadalupe in the Villuercas mountains of Cáceres province, at about 640 metres above sea level. Founded around 1340 as a royal sanctuary by Alfonso XI after the Battle of Río Salado, the complex passed to the Hieronymite order in 1389 and grew into a major centre of Iberian devotion. After ecclesiastical disentailment in 1835 the buildings stood empty until the Franciscans took up residence in 1908. UNESCO inscribed the monastery as a World Heritage site in 1993.

— informed by Wikipedia — Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe

— the stone

The complex layers four centuries of Iberian architecture. The fourteenth-century Mudéjar cloister, with its two tiers of horseshoe arches around a central templete, is the building's quietest pleasure and the only one of its scale to survive in Spain. The Gothic church is fronted by tall bronze doors of 1413; behind the high altar a baroque camarín of 1696 by Francisco Rodríguez Romero holds the small black image of the Virgin. The sacristy keeps eight Zurbarán canvases painted between 1638 and 1647.

— informed by UNESCO — Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe

— the visit

Guadalupe is reached by road through the Villuercas geopark, with the nearest larger towns at Trujillo, about eighty kilometres west, and Cáceres, about a hundred and twenty kilometres. The monastery is open daily for guided tours, with separate access to the cloister, sacristy, choir and camarín. The Hospedería del Real Monasterio, run by the Franciscans inside the historic guest wing, offers rooms around a sixteenth-century courtyard. A small fountain in the main square marks the spot where the Indigenous Americans Columbus brought back were baptized in 1496.

— informed by Wikipedia — Geopark Villuercas-Ibores-Jara

— where

Spain · Cáceres, Extremadura

— elevation

640 m · 2,100 ft

— position

39.4533° N · 5.3289° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

80 km W

Trujillo

historic town

120 km W

Cáceres old town

World Heritage town

5 km all

Villuercas-Ibores-Jara Geopark

UNESCO geopark

100 km NW

Monfragüe National Park

national park

Guadalupe Royal Monastery

Trujillo

Cáceres old town

Villuercas-Ibores-Jara Geopark

Monfragüe National Park

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Guadalupe Royal Monastery — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

UNESCO inscribed the monastery in 1993 for its architectural layering across four centuries and its role in linking Spain to the Americas. The Virgin of Guadalupe became the patroness of the Spanish-speaking New World.

Columbus visited the monastery to give thanks after returning from his first voyage in 1493. The first Indigenous Americans brought to Spain were baptized at a font here in 1496, recorded in the monastery's surviving registers.

A small Franciscan community has held the complex since 1908. The friars run the basilica, the museum spaces and the Hospedería guesthouse inside the historic walls of the original monastic enclosure.

The sacristy keeps eight large canvases painted by Francisco de Zurbarán between 1638 and 1647, showing Hieronymite friars. They are among the most important Zurbarán cycles surviving in their original setting.

A small baroque chamber behind the high altar, completed in 1696, holding the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Pilgrims climb to it by a separate staircase from the church transept.

By car from Trujillo (about an hour) or Cáceres (about ninety minutes). No train serves the village. Limited bus service runs from Madrid and Cáceres, with most pilgrims arriving by car or organised coach.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers from Extremadura and from the wider Hispanic world. Guadalupe is the spiritual centre of the region, and the Marian devotion reaches across the Americas through Mexico and beyond.

The pale stone and ochre roofs suit Old-World European, Spanish-Colonial and warm Mediterranean rooms. It also pairs cleanly above a writing desk or in a small chapel or prayer corner at home.

Yes. Devotional and pilgrimage art is a steady thread, especially among customers who collect across our WenderGrace and WenderVista lines. Guadalupe pairs naturally with our Camino de Santiago and Montserrat pieces.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large reads cleanly. Above a console or in a small devotional corner, a Medium holds the eye. The Keepsake suits a desk or bedside, in a small oak stand.

Yes. For bathrooms, kitchens, or any humid or splash-prone wall, choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and the colour lives in the ceramic surface itself.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so day-to-day cleaning does not touch it.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted by Reid Wender in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. No licensing, no third-party imagery.

— if this one stayed with you