The Museum of San Isidoro is located in the Royal Collegiate Church (Real Colegiata) of San Isidoro, one of the best Romanesque ensembles in Spain.
The visit to the museum includes the access to the Royal Pantheon, known worldwide as the Sistine Chapel of Romanesque Art due to its elaborate and exceptionally well-preserved frescoes
The visit also includes its extraordinary Library composed of more than 300 incunabula, 800 parchments and 150 codices, outstanding in which is the 10th-century Visigothic-Mozarabic Bible (960). Likewise, the visitor would be able to appreciate other volumes of great value, such as the 12th-century Romanesque Bible, the codex Moralia in Job (Morals on the Book of Job), the work of Santo Martino (St Martine) and various hymnals such as the one illuminated by Nicolás Francés.
The visit ends into the oldest Romanesque Cloister in Spain, where the Cortes of León were hold in 1188, at the beginning of Alfonso IX’s reign, whose ‘Decreta’ (Leonese Magna Carta) have been recognized by UNESCO as ‘the oldest manifestation of European parliamentary system’, honoring León with the distinction of ‘World Memory’ and with its designation as ‘the Cradle of Parliamentarism’.
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The museum also displays a priceless Treasure, comprised by a glittering assortment of pieces mostly from royal donations, whose collection consists of Doña Urraca’s Chalice (11th century), the Chest of the Ivories (11th century), the Casket from Limoges (12th century) and the Reliquary Chest of San Isidoro, among others.
NEWS: The San Isidoro of León Museum in cooperation with 'All-In Marketing Olfativo' company have launched the new and exclusive olfactory products line 'Chalice of León, a full of history scent'.
