The Hospital de la Herrada, also Hospital de Santa María de la Herrada was a hospital and college in the town of
Carrión de los Condes,
Palencia
Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia.
Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...
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Spain
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, established in 1209 by
Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón
Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón ( 1160–1231), also known as Gonzalo Ruiz Girón, firstborn son of Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón and María de Guzmán, was one of Kingdom of Castile, Castile's wealthiest and most powerful nobles. He was based in Tierra de C ...
, a Palencia tycoon who became steward of the king, to provide assistance to pilgrims on the
Way of St James
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and other travelers.
The hospital and Giron appear to have had considerable power in the medieval period. Three years after its founding, Girón made a provision to the Bishop
Tello Téllez and his council, with estates and belongings such as the churches of
Cordovilla, mills, orchards, fields and vineyards of
Villanueva del Rebollar,
Cardeñosa de Volpejera,
Revenga de Campos,
Villasabariego de Ucieza,
Villaturde and
Boedo de Castrejón. Later in the thirteenth century, the Hospital granted a charter of Villaturde (1278),
Quintanilla de Onsoña (1292) and
Vega de Doña Olimpa (1324). In 1324, the Hospital granted a charter to statutory Vega de Doña Olimpa.
Nothing remains of it now, but it is known that it was located in an area that is known as today as "la huerta de la Herrada".
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Defunct hospitals in Spain
Buildings and structures in the Province of Palencia
1209 establishments in Europe
13th-century establishments in the Kingdom of León
Hospitals established in the 13th century