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Nuestra Señora del Prado, Ciudad Real, Castille-La Mancha, Spain
Commemorated on May 25
According to tradition, on 25 May 1088 , the image of the Virgen del Prado , Romanesque sculpture, came as part of the royal entourage of Alfonso VI , which stood in a small settlement called La Mancha Don Pozuelo Dry Gil. The locals, after the alleged appearance of the Virgin, asked their king to give them the picture to be venerated there. This nucleus, which four centuries later would be called Ciudad Real , he would follow that at least a small shrine of little importance. When in 1195 the Castilian King Alfonso VIII lost the battle of Alarcos against the Almohads , within walking distance of Ciudad Real , it is believed that he built a new church on the site where the chapel was small, although it is possible that both were the same and therefore only one.History
La Virgen del Prado is a Marian devotion venerated in Ciudad Real ( Castilla-La Mancha , Spain ), of which he is patron. This is a picture Baroque , Valencian school, polychrome wood carved by sculptors Levantine Rausell José María and Francisco Llorens .
It's very interesting history of the image of the Virgin del Prado told by writers from different eras. Rare documents found in the parish archives of Santa Maria del Prado ( Ciudad Real ) and those of Velilla de Jiloca ( Zaragoza ), testify to the veracity of this legend.
It is not known that any author has historically treated the origin of the venerated image of the Virgin del Prado, well into the last third of the sixteenth century, being the oldest account of the licensed, Don Juan de Mendoza y Porras, in his work "Value and History of Discovery and Apparition of Our Lady Saint Mary of the Prado." Drunk source from which most historians of our Patron, and the cornerstone on which all his writings lie firmly documented and based on the true tradition.
Ancient writings confirm that the "money", original and signed the same Mendoza, spent many years in the hands of the Brotherhood of Our Lady and later in the parish archives of Santa Maria del Prado until delivered to the historian Fray Diego de Jesus and Mary Fernandez, a native of Ciudad Real and Prior of the Convent of Discalced Carmelites of this city, which took a luxurious copy, which ended with the original file in that parish, attested by the notary public apostolic gift Roos and Christopher Sotomayor.
In 1650, said Carmelite, Fray Diego de Jesus, publicized the manuscript licensed Mendoza and Porras and traditions of Ciudad Real and Velilla documented in his "History of the Most Sacred Image of Our Lady of Prado" work printed in Madrid , in the actual printing Junti Teresa.
According to these historians, around the year 1013, Ramón Floraz Mosen, Aragonese knight, great private server of King Sancho el Mayor of Navarra , on reaching the vicinity of Velilla de Jiloca, instead of Aragón, where the horse came , he sank a leg by a fountain where he had come to drink. Ramon wanted Mosen help your steed, saw the horse with his legs had left has discovered a big hole. Surprised the gentleman, with his dagger removing stones discovered a large cave near as old building. Attracted by curiosity penetrated the underground meeting, in a niche in the wall, a beautiful image of the Virgin Mary, sitting form of Roman matron, with plenty Child knees and with a scroll written in ancient Latin in which said What picture was that and what time was put into this place. It was the image of the Virgin of tournaments that had been buried, three centuries before, devout Christians, to rid the Mohammedan invasion.
With natural admiration for the happy discovery, on his knees in fervent prayer, our lucky gentleman was a good time, not daring to take the venerated image. Parts, and considering that the event was not without mystery, and moved perhaps by a heavenly grace, determined to remove the image of the place and take it to King Don Sancho, his master, believing it would be more revered in the power of the monarch. He took the holy effigy Fioraz as best he could and put it on his horse who intend to proceed to Velilla and prepare your trip there. The horse refuses to walk in this direction, not serving anything or knight spurs or whip handled with the right hand. Fearing that punishment the noble animal rears up and cause any harm to the image, you leave it in full freedom, and then tame the steed, the knight leads to a place called Daroca where commanded to build a valuable box serve as a precious jewel case and so it can be transported more decorum and comfort.
Great difficulties have to overcome our knight before reaching Navarra. For the most hidden paths through land of the Moors always in fear of being in a set in which could lose its divine treasure. Thanks to the protection of heaven happily comes to Christian camp and from there sent an emissary to the king announcing the happy event.
With great joy Sancho receives the good news and is prepared with great joy the welcome to the Sublime Sovereign. Event reported by the civil governor and former mayor of Ciudad Real, Augustine Salido and Estrada in his "History of Our Venerated Patrona" written in romance, in the following verses:
"A heads Pamplona
Mosen Ramón satisfied
that the Christian Monarch
must receive your meeting
with fine shows,
and more loving affection.
And so it was: great favors
King gave him the knight,
when with all his court
warned came towards the Ebro,
going Pamplona, Navarra,
seen such a reception.
Entered Pamplona image
shoulders of the higher clergy,
and preceded by music,
and nobles and people,
and parish crosses,
and troops and councils,
closing the procession
Don Sancho wielding the scepter.
He reached the palace Virgin
and the king ending the prayer,
prostrate before the image
and made him his compliance:
Lady, that of my home
you shall from this time
Vos dirigiréis my steps
Vos you lend me advice,
You will give strength to my Throne
my commands and forces,
Vos and, finally, to my mind
I shall bring you to heaven.
Do not go out of my house,
I swears the gentleman:
and offered the command
my children and my grandchildren. "
Christian kings, inheriting the royal crown and other regalia of their elders, receiving at the same time, the blessed image of Our Lady then called Nuestra Señora de los Reyes, who was venerated in the real oratorios.
On the death of Don Sancho inherited the holy image, thread Ferdinand, first Castilian king, who takes her to his court Burgos . Much should this Monarch to the protection of the Virgin del Prado.
When Alfonso VI occupies the throne of Castile , after the Jura de Santa Gadea , hits, from triumph to triumph, several military ventures against the infidels, taking the venerated image, then called the Lady of Battles. The Castilian king, as Fray Diego de Jesus says, "tried more conquests of cities and kingdoms, with no ambition or greed add to his crown, but with pious zeal brought back into the Christian religion, taking them from the tyranny of the Moors. " So it was with the noble city of Toledo , a company of the most glorious and famous of that era.
Triumphant, continues the Carmelite father, the king came in Toledo with the image of the Virgin and his soldiers, who were saved by the protective love of their weapons. In Christian princes shoulders amid the victorious battalions and followed by eight bishops, responsible for worship, entered the Blessed Virgin in the imperial city of Edge. Christian monarch earned this victory and the title of Conqueror of the Sovereign Lady the Founder and Restorative of Castile; glorious tribute well deserved, as the kingdom of Old Castile came under the protective mantle of the holy image, and core of New Castile , the imperial Toledo, also left the usurpers to the heavenly view and the reflection of the same lady, Mary Prado.
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2 Description of the sanctuary
3 Contemporary Period
April Festivals and celebrations
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King Alfonso VI, to avenge an insult of his father, King of Seville, is organizing a military expedition against the Moors and march with his army towards Andalusia. Reaching Zalanca province of Badajoz, the Christian army is surprised by the Almohads, suffering terrible defeat the armies of Don Alfonso. So great was the disaster for Christians in this battle, that even the king's life was in grave danger.
The knights who fought alongside the Mendoza-King tells Don Alfonso took the fray of Badajoz badly wounded with a spear. Monarch weakened by fatigue that came out of the trance he had run hard,. V almost dead or dormant by the effect of the loss of blood, he was taken to Coria, recently conquered city. Part of his wounds Alfonso intends to continue towards the border of Córdoba, and understanding that the cause of the defeat was Zalanca undoubtedly had forgotten that the image of the Virgin Protectress, since this time the he had left on his Real oratorio in Toledo, immediately orders his chaplain Marcelo Colino go to the imperial city, collect the venerated image and move it to the Christian camp.
The famous singer of Our Sovereign, the aforementioned Don Agustin Salido, referring to this event, his third romance ends with these lines:
"Night was that cruel
for the king I afinojado
in his tent with his court
God implores protection.
A sudden thought
came to mind rolling,
and resolved accent
and inspired countenance,
Marcelo Colino exclaims,
Toledo soon riding,
My Lady, come, my Lady
Sorry, lady, I demanded,
if you forgot your favors
and I despised your protection!
And falling on his knees,
chest so he folded his hands. "
Presumably that would chaplain the day with the care required by the king. Arriving at Toledo, in a box accommodates the holy image and accompanied by servants and knights back to Cordoba where, eager and impatient waiting for the Monarch.
At noon on May 25, 1088, feast of St. Urban, the royal party arrives at a small village called Pozuelo Seco term Alarcos, located on the road linking the city of Andalusia Tajo. The sweltering heat, 3e oaks shade of a nearby meadow and tired travelers, forcing Marcelo Colino and company to take a small break and spend the hottest hours of the day.
What God has gently the rare things that the decrees of His Divine Providence exercise! Wanted, Lord God, the traveling of its Mother Augusta, passing through this humble village, stay there, erecting, under his protection and shelter, the foundations of a city famous.
Seeing people farmhouse quality rating, the care put into the box all leading, which published their wealth outside guarding the treasure, asked the peasants and the chaplain was carrying the image.
Open the box, removed the rich fabrics that came wrapped in the image, the pozueleños excited by the glow of such beauty and moved a great love for the Virgin Mary, pray to Marcelo leave it in the place where they promise to build a Temple dignified lady as Excelsa. The fervor of these humble peasants, first settlers of Ciudad Real. moved to the royal party. In great distress is the chaplain at the impossibility of failing to yield to the fervent wishes of the inhabitants of Pozuelo Seco. Among praises and supplications of the locals and negative Colino reasonable it was time to leave. Travellers take to the picture the illusion of the place are saddened by the loss of treasure that could not achieve.
True, these rustic and humble peasants humanly not entitled to seek possession of the king's image, but the fact remains that what is impossible with men is possible with God, and as we shall see below, the designs of God was very different to the wishes of the king.
Heavily distressed are the pozueleños with the march of the gentlemen who had sesteado in the meadow of the village, carrying the beautiful image of the Virgin Mary. Until lost sight did not fail to look at the actual caravan, with tears in his eyes and the prayer of supplication to a Heavenly Mother.
At night everyone retires to his cabin to rest. An old man named Blas troubadour, ease of making verses, composed some verses,-first-La Mancha "- his son Anton sang to the Virgin.
We know by tradition that this boy did not move garrido meadow where he continued singing and praying to the Virgin and more excited when he was in his prayer he saw a white dove perched on the oak where a few hours before had been in. Virgin. Eager to catch the beautiful dove threw a stone and instantly was turned into the image of the Blessed. Virgin, surrounded by bright bursts of brilliance. Stunned is our lucky boy with a wonderful view, and once the shock replacement natural, running wild with joy to give to their new neighbors, yelling Miracle! Miracle! The Virgin is back.
Presumably the joy and happiness of those fortunate peasants Pozuelo Seco indescribable to be favored by this singular verse godsend. Run wild with joy "to bow at the feet of the Sovereign lady called from that happy moment, Santa María del Prado.
Around the miraculous image, emotion cry and pray fervently villagers, thanking and celebrating rustic prodigious event.
That could happen or could happen differently. Nothing is impossible for the believer. What is really true, we can not deny or doubt is the wonderful reality of the loving protection of nearly nine centuries of our patron saint, Santa María del Prado. Supernaturally or by natural means, the venerated image of the Virgin was in this place, where around him under his protection and shelter, the hamlet was becoming puebla, puebla in town and village to city, with the name Real name, if it is true he was given privileges and favors of kings, they were instruments that She earned because reality comes from the Heavenly Queen, Founder and Patron of the city of Ciudad Real.
In the distant years of our childhood, we have often heard from our elders how right cheek image a slight purple spot, produced by the pedrada Cardinal Anton when he appeared as a dove appreciated.
The document no. Photo 848 of the parish of Santa Maria del Prado, tells a curious history of a banner given to the Virgin, proving the existence of this spot on the face of the image.
Mendoza says the lawyer, said in his relationship, that Colino and companions, when they left with the image Pozuelo Seco, made another high Caracuel Road where they dined and spent the night.
They repaired fatigue and dawn the next day, they set early in the morning to take a walk again eager to fulfill the wishes of the king. By taking the case. notice little surprised the weight of it and the resulting fear, the key shows the chaplain, who always carried with him, and is about to open, being disturbed in the absence of the sacred image. No one can explain how such an event could occur. Moved perhaps by divine inspiration, determine retrace his steps and return to the village where rested the previous day where so insistently begged possession of the venerated image.
Within hours of arriving way to view Pozuelo Seco. Overwhelmed are the real to hear the voices of celebration and rejoicing villagers entourage. Arriving at. Meadow, Marcelo sees the miraculous image in an artistic throne of foliage and flowers raised by the villagers. Is instantly surrounded by the crowd crying with joy never cease to cry miracle! Miracle! Miracle!
Dumb emotion chaplain goes to the place where the Virgin with the intention of taking it. As much as he did and those who were with him, could never move your site. Seeing with the immobility of the image more visible miracle, after spending three days in prayer are arranged to follow the journey to Córdoba to inform Alfonso miraculous event. Great is the joy of pozueleños to see how this second wonder of his immobility, showed, once again, the Blessed Virgin their desire to lay his reign in the place.
Visits made by the Kings and Top Spanish Excelsa our Patron, Santa María del Prado -. Miraculous cure of King Philip II, through the intercession of the Virgen del Prado -. La Reina Isabel II, Sister of the Brotherhood of Our Lady Prado -. Investiture of Grand Master of the four military orders of King Alfonso XIII, in the Temple of Nuestra Señora del Prado -. Representations of the Royal Council and the Knights of the Military Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara and Montesa who accompanied Monarch -. Cathedral Chapter Message from the Grand Master of the Military Orders.
Rare documents and historical facts testify deductions faith and devotion to the Castilian kings professed. at all times to our patron saint. From Alfonso VI to the thirteen of the Alfonsos last monarch who reigned in Spain, visited the Temple of Our Lady, where they came to pay homage to the regal Queen Prado.
Arriving Colino Marcelo Cordoba, Toledo his return, he found very different from Don Alfonso as he had left when he went with his command, to collect the image of the Virgin. Then the king was defeated and broken his health is now powerful, briskly winner for new and more glorious warlike enterprises.
He was informed of the Castilian monarch miraculous event occurred in the meadow Pozuelo Seco, reported in detail by his chaplain. Excited Alfonso summoned his knights and troops to notify the great prodigy. With great fervor worship tribute to the Heavenly Sovereign, attributing his divine protection the happy event of the surrender of Córdoba, warlike enterprise carried into effect within a few days from Colino to Toledo and after all entrusted to the protection and shelter of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
There is, to our knowledge, no letter confirming the visit of Alfonso VI Pozuelo Seco, but it seems only natural that come immediately to bow to sovereign foot of the glorious Virgin his grandparents and the many favors he should. It is very possible that the king would like to check with their own hands, the immobility of the miraculous Holy Image. The devotion of the monarch, the fervor that all awaken knowledge of the miracle, and, moreover, the necessity forced its passage through this place on their way from Cordoba to Zaragoza, when that city was besieged by Don Alfonso. -A few months after these events, confirm positively Castilian king's visit to Pozuelo Seco.
The visit of the King and his army had to fill the joy of the inhabitants of the village. Presumably the Sovereign hiciese live demonstrations of devotion to the Blessed Virgin and to give him rich ornaments, and as is natural, facilitate some amount for the construction of the original temple, no wonder they called this monarch's hand "pierced "because of its length in works of piety.
Alfonso VII, Sancho III and Alfonso VIII, descendants and successors of the VI are the first kings before us near Pozuelo Seco. Given the frequency with which these kings were hereabouts warriors engaged in business, the same special devotion to the Virgin Mary and the fame of the miraculous appearance of Our Lady of Prado, who had to move from parent to child, not only in this country but also in the royal palaces of Castile, almost certainly, more than once, visit the Temple of our patron saint accompanied by celebrities.
In 1195, in the reign of Alfonso VIII, in the vicinity of the Almohad moving towards Alarcos, startle, and rightly so, the humble villagers of Pozuelo Seco. Although by then the Moors used to tolerate Christians worship our villagers, fearful of losing their precious treasure, the holy image hide in a safe place. They were more farsighted than we in our time. With the great victory that it reached Alfonso VIII in 1212, at Las Navas de Tolosa, becomes quiet in these parts and the Blessed Virgin to take his throne.
By this time, most of the inhabitants of the city of Alarcos move their homes to the village of Pozuelo Seco, one of them a "rich ombe" named Don Gil, great private server and Don Alfonso, receiving, among other mercedes and privileges of the monarch, the possession of the village, which was called since then Pozuelo de Don Gil, london that was growing around the Temple of Nuestra Señora del Prado.
In times of Fernando III, the Saint, Our Patron receives the royal tribute this Castilian king. According to historian Lafuente, in 1244, were in Pozuelo de Don Gil, the Holy King, his wife, Queen Berengaria and Dona Juana, mother of the first; visit that lasted forty-five days.
The lawyer Mr. Mendoza, in the second part of its "Value" describes in detail the visit of Doña Berengaria and his sons, and the offerings these monarchs offered to Our Patroness.
Seeing how the Holy king grew peopled with Don Gil, ordered his hermitage Santa María del Prado be called, raising it to a parish, naming clerics needed for service.
A few years later, the son and successor of Ferdinand, Alfonso X the Wise, ennobled the puebla, founding her his favorite Villa, under the name Real. The title deed of the founding of Villa Real is signed by the Monarch, in Burgos to February 20, 1255. To the inhabitants of Villa Real King granted extraordinary privileges and favors, determined, before long, a considerable increase in population.
Wise was King great devotee of the Blessed Virgin. His work "The Cantigas" Santa Maria, it is infused all of that mystical worship. The praises of Our Lady are supportive of that high spirit which possessed the son of San Fernando. Logically, this devout monarch, to establish his "bona villa", had in mind the existence of Our Lady of Prado. He knew well the King Alfonso the strength of the rock where he had built his Villa. No missing, therefore the heavenly protection to the inhabitants will give the Royal Villa, facing the magnificent power of Calatrava, who looked askance at the progress of the Villa del Rey, located in the heart of the golf Calatrava.
In 1420, Don Juan II, in payment for the services of the retinue of officers of the Holy Brotherhood of Villa Real at the request of these brave warriors Mancha, raises to city status, calling it "very noble and loyal city Ciudad Real ". Also this Sovereign, like his father and grandparents, is very devoted to the Blessed. Virgen del Prado which visited several times and enriched its treasury with rich ornaments.
Don Enrique IV and Queen Isabel the Catholic, sons and successors of Don Juan II, also frequented the Temple of Our Lady, not missing the offerings of these kings for our Patron and new privileges to the inhabitants of Ciudad Real.
At all times, the Spanish kings distinguished professed devotion to Our Lady of Prado Excelsa, being blessed with graces and favors received through the intercession of the Heavenly Sovereign.
On December 9, 1866, came to Ciudad Real and visited the Church of Santa Maria del Prado, the Reina Isabel 11 august husband and her illustrious sons, the Smo. Prince of Asturias, who was later, Alfonso XII, and HRH Infanta Dona Isabel. They were accompanied, among other personalities, Father Claret. The royal family and entourage boarded the chapel of the Virgin where they were long time praying.
D. Santiago Julio Maldonado, Knight of the Order of Santiago and brother of the Brotherhood of Our Lady, dropping to one knee, presented to Her Majesty the Queen, on a silver tray, Pat Elder Sister Perpetua Guild and Sibling to HM the King, the Prince and the Infanta.
Queen Isabel gladly accepted such appointment and so HM the King and the Princes, ordering Mr. Maldonado that patents take them to the palace. Then, Don Lorenzo Vera, Prioste Brotherhood, surrounded by all the brothers, SM presented the Staff of the Brotherhood, which received the signal Sovereign possession with live samples of joy.
By then it was Civil Governor, manchego illustrious Don Agustin Salido and Estrada, who made a complimentary royal, a compendium of the history of Ciudad Real and our illustrious patroness, in well written romance, and which have come to picking out some of his verses.
In the court of the temple, and all the honors, the Royal Family was fired by Mr. Parish Priest and clergy of the city, by the Brotherhood and Authorities, receiving enthusiastic and affectionate tribute to the crowds that filled the Paseo del Prado. On April 27, 1905, comes to Ciudad Real, His Majesty King Alfonso XIII, the last Spanish monarch. In this royal visit, as outgoing and singular note, highlighted the presence of the Knights of the four military orders, with lucid and numerous representatives of the Royal Council, Court and Chapter, came to pay tribute to our Sovereign lawsuit that their quality Head of State joined the high office of Grand Master of militia as enlightened.
Accompanying the Monarch, the Knights of the Order of Santiago: Hon. Mr. Duke of Sotomayor, supreme commander of Leon, Hon. Mr. Duke of Tamames, Comendador Mayor of Montalban; Hon. Mr. Santiago and Magdalena Murias; Hon. Serrabona and Mr. Miguel Fernandez, Hon. Mr. Conde of Al ~ ores; Hon. and Hon. Mr. José María Barnuevo and Rodrigo de Villamayor, D. Figueras and Hermida José Trillo, Hon. Mr. Duque de Bejar, Hon. Mr. Duque de Almenara Alta Excellency Mr. Marqués de Salas, Hon. Mr. Marqués de Santillana, Hon. Mr. Conde Locksmith, Hon. and Hon. Mr. Jose City Aurioles; Manuel Becerra D. Armesto, D. Alvaro Dominguez and R. Ferratjes and HE. Mr. Baron Petrés.
Knights of the Order of Calatrava: Hon. Mr. Marquis Ayerbe; Hon. Alonso Coello and D. Contreras, Hon. Mr. Marqués de Laurencin, Hon. Mr. Marquis Pico de Velasco, Mr. Santiago udata; Ruvalcava Mr. Jose Portillo, Mr. Luis María de Jarava, Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Marquis de la Hermida, Mr. D. Manuel Argüelles , Hon. Mr. Vizconde the Val del Ebro, Mr. D, Félix López Montenegro, Mr. José María Barnuevo and Sandoval; Hon. Mr. Conde de Torrejón, Mr. Luis Gómez de Barrera, Hon. Count de Heredia Spinola, Hon. Mr. Duque de San Fernando de Quiroga, Hon. Mr. Duke of Aliaga, Hon. Mr. Marqués de Velilla del Ebro, Mr. Rafael D. Gordon and Ariestegui, Mr. Don Gonzalo Morales Setien, Chaplain of Honor, Mr. D. Cayetano Cabanyes; Hon. Mr. Peter D. Mariano Cascajares, Major General, Mr. Francisco Salamanca, Mr. D: Francisco Sánchez Pleites, and D. Roman Garcia Blanes.
The Knights of the Order of Alcántara: Hon. Mr. Marques de Casa de Pizarro Gonzalo García D. Plans, Mr. Don Luis Cabanyes and Mr. Salamanca.
The Knights of the Order of Montesa: Hon. Mr. Marqués de la Romana, Dignity Clavero; Hon. Mr. Marques de Casa Saltillo, Mr. F. Joaquín Sánchez, Mr. Corbi and HE. Count de Inestrillas.
In the lobby of the temple was received by HE Don Alfonso. Priory in the council, chaired by Don Santiago Magdalena MY Muria, Dignity of Dean and Vicar General SV and the following chapter: the Order of Santiago. MISD Serrabona and Miguel Fernandez, Dignity Cantor, MI Mr. Francisco Teruel, M. I, Mr. Jacinto Pérez Vidaller .. Order of Calatrava: MI Mr. Eloy Fernandez and Alcázar, MI Mr. D. Lazarus and Mora Roldán, MI Mr. José María García Muñoz, MI Mr. Pedro Gil García, Canon Master, Order of Alcántara: MI Mr. Clemente and Enrique Guerra, Dignity Maestrescuela, MI Baldomero Mr. Inclan and Menendez; Canon lectoral, M. 1. Mr. Mariano Martínez Sanz, Canon Doctoral. Order of Montesa: Mr. Luis Delgado MI Merchan dignity of Archpriest, MI Mr. Estanislao de Miguel and Andrew, Archdeacon Dignity and MISR. Don Ambrosio Amador Nunez.
They helped put the mantle of Grand Master Don Alfonso Messrs. Duke of Tamames and Marquises of Ayerbe, the Pizarro House and the Roman, and under a canopy, carrying four knights and two chapter, made his entry into the SI Priora: , on the throne next to the Gospel that he had prepared against banks intended for the Chapter and authorities of the province, from which he heard with devout recollection the solemn "Te Deum" sung by the Chapel.
After the religious ceremony, decreased SM Throne and went with the entire delegation to visit the Chapel of the Virgin, where after praying at the foot of the venerated image of Santa María del Prado, we were presented some valuable jewels he kept esta SIPrioral (desgraciadamente desaparecidas en la última guerra civil) , entre ellas, la artística corona de la Virgen, joya de inestimable mérito, y el riquísimo Porta Paz, obra de orfebrería cuajada de finísimos esmáltes, procedente de Uclés, ambas de gusto plateresco puro de los mejores tiempos, de cuya procedencia enteró a don Alfonso el MI Sr. Arcipreste. On the same site you gave, in person, the illustrious Mr. Vicar General, Dean of the SIP, a respectful message, which raises the Cabildo the Grand Master of the Military Orders.
In the courtyard of the Priory was fired HM King Alfonso with the same honors at the entrance, receiving warm tribute the large audience that filled the Paseo del Prado. The sacred image of our patron, when he was found by Floraz in the cave of Velilla de Jiloca, as we say elsewhere, was sitting in the form of Roman matron figure he held until early sixteenth century it was transformed into the form current. Image was crippled by foot forward and knees to look like stop as he was sitting.
Some historians have lambasted FGM, regardless of the mentality of those times where you just were transformed over a hundred sculptures of ancient Virgin-as indicated Lafuente in his book, "The Iconography Mariana of Spain in the Middle Ages" . Do not even try to investigate what was the reason for such reform. We see it differently.
The intention of those innovators, could be nothing, that picture still consider more conducive to better show off their clothes, jewels and crowns, and seems thus that his divine countenance dazzles the beauty and emotion that cause His devotees. Another idea does not fit in as fervently religious century and as Catholic King Philip II. Send this reform itself another character that is truly reprehensible.
Fragments cut with the sacrosanct image, says e! Father Joaquin de la Jara, celebrated historian of our patron saint, which were made other sculptures of small Virgin, one of which, carved by Antonio Poblete of Loaysa, which he took to Peru and now, with the same invocation of Prado, is venerated in the church of the Augustinian Recollect Lima, where it has many devotees.
Description of the sanctuary [ edit ]
Villagers Seco Pozuelo devotees were true to his word to Colino. Quickly erected his primitive home Celestial Lady. Very modest was the original church of the Lady of Prado by the lack of resources pozueleños, then enriched through the centuries, with valuable contributions from his devotees.
In 1244, when the village was visited by Queen Berengaria and his sons, kings Ferdinand and Juana, received great impetus factory this church, with the help of these royal guests. By this time he was elevated to the status of parish, under the patronage of Santa María del Prado, appointing clergy necessary for service. Oldest is in Ciudad Real of religious architecture is the main door of the Church Meadow Street Kings. This cover, last of the early church is the late thirteenth century. It has a pointed arch, with two other highlights and a slight hint of Byzantine art. Archaeologists note that once was broken up and reassembled, and maybe it was not in the same place, as indicated by an error in reassembly of their segments.
Rafael Ramirez de Arellano, a famous archaeologist, in his work entitled "Ciudad Real Art" published in 1893, describes in detail the Temple of Our Lady, as he could see at the end of last century. Starts with Imafronte description, consigning that besides the door (you Street Kings, already described, there is a skylight lobed rosettes belonging to the fourteenth century. And with no traces in two different constructions wall involves Lord of the Arellano desguazamiento bow and skylight construction belongs to the same period, or what is the same, that in the place of the present temple were three: a primitive, which corresponds to the gate in its first state, a second temple, which belonged to the (disassembled and reassembled and rosette door and a third, current, wherein the second Imafronte respected, without doing anything other than turning a large arch, which looks over Rosette, and raise the walls to the current height.
The Imafronte has no direct more than four sturdy buttresses , made in the seventeenth century , to fortify the factory was already ruined, whose works of stirrups and spurs, as Don says Inocente Hervás, in his "Dictionary", was hired by Church with the master stonemason, Ignacio Vélez Calderón in July 1561.
Follow detailing, the famous archaeologist, the part of the church for the Paseo del Prado, starting gate, called the Sun, decadent Gothic style. The arcs lintel locked in another round, and this in turn, a conopio ending in a stop large thistle leaves. The eardrum, filling in its center an image in stone \ 'irgin and side paths potted flowers with lilies, which were the weapons of the parish. Conopio The tympanum of weapons of San Francisco seen, what to the assumption that was made at the expense of the Order or at least with their intervention and help. Traces of this ornamentation were covered in the work carried out at the beginning of this century.
This cover is sandwiched between a buttress that surrounds the primitive, being present in the same building and the date of Imafronte and the old sacristy work of the sixteenth century, which is the outside corner on a sundial, a frieze of bichas and whimsical figures and other Renaissance frieze along the wing, formed by heads of seraphim and convex discs, ornaments almost erased today. The second body opens a beautiful window style compound, which is a model of the Renaissance, when was losing its Spanish character to become the neo-Latin art.
Follow this construction the new sacristy, which has nothing remarkable and was built in 1632.
Opposite to that just described, presents another cover, the door of Umbria, the sixteenth century, with a pointed arch containing other lintels and flanked by two funny pinnacles. All the decoration is enclosed in a sturdy fortress built for outgoing arc temple.
The tower offers nothing remarkable. In 1780 it was necessary to demolish the top because it threatened ruin. The September 20, 1817 began its rebuilding. The apse, on the outer side, is surrounded by modern buildings, such as the chapel of the Virgin.
The church appears to be covered all over by hard gun vaults and roof and the top of the apse there is an inscription that says: "this work year of 1764 is over, being priest Juan Antonio Fernandez and Butler, Don Diego Garcia Leon ".
Described the outside, we see the temple inside. Inside the church portion has a polygonal apse covered by a huge dome of nerves that come together in gilded finials shaped stalactite. In five of its sides was very great mullioned windows with five each, of which only two of them are playable, having lost the exquisite work of the warhead. Three are boarded up and covered by the altarpiece.
Apart from the cover and skylight Imafronte, belonging to previous constructions, the oldest in existence, in this temple, is the apse, but with a length of at least a century. Just look at the apse by the outside, where no coating of lime, and examine the marks of the masons to appreciate this part of the building corresponds to the beginning of the XV century.
The third or expansion phase of the Church Meadow was built, like many others in Spain wanted magnify, ensuring the work is done without interrupting the service. and therefore the apse, the farthest of the early church, so that, by breaking down the old chapel, will take picture of the Virgin to a good part of the new church and-interrupt a moment it began worship.
Builders had the good sense to not change orientation when you made the left apse dome starts to be followed before building one. They concluded the work in the course of a long time, in the time between the beginning of the fifteenth century, which made the apse, and the late sixteenth they closed the vaults of the feet of the church. Work of singular boldness and mastery, reducing to a single ship and a church wide three, relying on his old side masonry walls, reinforced on the outside and high double-height, flip arches and vaults over a span of seventeen meters and a half of light, daring enterprise for technicians now, which resolved with ease gallantry and master craftsmen then.
On the side of the Gospel, was a pointed arch entrance of one of the ancient chapels, according to Father Jara, with the coats of arms of the House of Treviño, followed by a more modern arch leading to the stairs of the chapel of Lady and Go, Old Chapel Foces. In the space where it is today said ladder, was the chapel of San Miguel.
In the back of the church, until the beginning of the century, occupied by the choir, by the Renaissance, very similar in cut and details to the old sacristy and the choir of St. Peter. Reliefs depicting saints had many good drawing, tucked in two boxes. Part of masonry was built in 1581 by the parish priest, lawyer, Manzano, Antonio Fernández.
On the side of the epistle, in the apse, there was a chapel vault the same decadent taste of those built by Antonio Fernández. He had an iron grille embossed with the emblems of Loaísas. Today chapter.
On the wall facing the noon there, almost completely erased by lime wash their beautiful lines and elegant reliefs a very pretty cover of the Renaissance, which was the entrance to the old sacristy.
The stairs of the chapel of the Virgin, and it has little direct, was built in the late seventeenth century at the expense of Don Felipe Muñoz, Contador of the Royal Treasury.
In 1900 he built a chapel at his expense Canon Mr. Montes de Oca, and another erected at their expense also Bishop Mr. Piñera in 1904. The first was dedicated to St. Thomas of Villanova, Patron of the Diocese, and the second to the Heart of Jesus.
In short, nothing offers the remarkable architecture of this temple, very decadent Gothic form, but the breadth and roominess of the nave, surpassed by very few in size tall, 24 meters long, 53 and 18 latitude. This sumptuous ship accuses variations in construction and more or less accidental style changes, responding to different stages in the overall building, and most deplorable reforms, often misguided, that it have been introduced, over time , to spoil the merit that originally had.
Contemporary era [ edit ]
In 1931, shortly after the proclamation of the Second Republic, many churches were looted and burned, not Ciudad Real of these facts was saved and in November 1936 and during the Civil War, which saw him feature:
"They threw the Virgen del Prado to the ground and was hooked on the candlesticks, push it again and fell to pieces discarded, unless the child was left intact, so outraged destroyed and burned all traces Solis in the garage."
During the war the cathedral was used as a garage and also as shelter Republican troops. Ciudad Real had no new image to the first day of June 1940, carved by the Catalan sculptor and painted by Vicente Navarro Carlos Vazquez Ubeda, but in 1949 began to invade woodworm image so until 5 April 1950 not the new size was performed by the Valencian sculptor José María Llorens Rausell Montanyana and Francisco Ferrer, who is currently the worship.
On Sunday May 28, 1967 took place in the Plaza Mayor of Ciudad Real Papal Coronation of the image of the Virgen del Prado, with the liturgical event held by the Hon. and Rt. Mr. D. Juan Hervás Benet, bishop of the Military Orders Prior, in what was read in the Papal Bull of Pope Paul VI in granting the Coronation.
In 1988 the Ninth Centenary of the Apparitions of the Virgin del Prado, culminating on Sunday 22 May with the Solemn Eucharist he attended Majesty Queen Sofia took place, who had previously accepted the appointment of Waitress honor of the Virgen del Prado.
Festivities and celebrations [ edit ]
The Illustrious Brotherhood (men's division) and the Court of Honor (women's branch) Our Lady del Prado are responsible for organizing and promoting cults of devotion to the patron saint of Ciudad Real .
The main festival of the Virgen del Prado Day takes place August 15, coinciding with the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, highlighting the huge procession, which will be repeated on 22 August, the day of the Eighth. From 14 to 22 August and the Fair City Festivities are held. The image is downloaded from his dressing room on August 9, the eve of San Lorenzo, and is visited by many faithful until August 22.
Another celebration in honor of the Virgen del Prado takes place on 31 July and is called Pandorga .
In May Solemn Novena takes place from the 17th until the 25th. On May 25, the day of San Urbano, is the anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed. Virgen del Prado and on this day the vote of the City and its patron Queen is renewed.
Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Señora_del_Prado
Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Señora_del_Prado