El The Jerónimos Monastery of San Juan de Aznalfarache.

The Unfulfilled Last Wish of the Count-Duke of Olivares

Abstract

One of the last wishes of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares was to build a Jerónimos monastery in San Juan de Aznalfarache, a village near to Seville. The ministry of Philip IV ordered to build in there the pantheon of the Dukes of Sanlúcar la Mayor. However, this new foundation entailed the detriment of the Dominican convent of Loeches (Madrid). Although this foundation was not established, this decision allows us to know the last great building of the Olivares lineage. In addition, we can study the extensive policy of patronage undertook by one of the most important historical figures of Modern Ages.