The reliquary of the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, in Boadilla del Monte, was declared BIC by the Government Council. It is one of the few known examples of rooms specifically designed to display the relics of saints and houses more than 259 objects, some from 17th-century Italian workshops.
According to experts, the high artistic quality of this work is reflected in the gilded wooden masonry that covers its walls and in the painting of the ceiling. The declaration is made in the category of real estate.
Protection is granted to the ensemble that makes up the reliquary of the monastery of the Blessed Sacrament of the Bernardas nuns, in Boadilla del Monte. It is one of the rare examples of reliquaries from convents and monasteries located in a room specially designed to display the remains of saints. It was also used to celebrate the monastic liturgy, this modality being typical of monasteries of royal foundations and of the high nobility.
It is a complex of great artistic quality both in the gilded wood masonry that covers its walls and in the Mannerist painting of the ceiling, which some authors attribute to Juan Gómez de Mora. In addition, it houses a total of 259 relics and objects of various types from Italian workshops of the 17th century and Madrid workshops close to the Court, among which furniture of exceptional interest such as the oratory cabinet or the furniture from the main altar altarpiece.
This monastery was founded in 1615 by the first Duke of Uceda, Cristóbal de Sandoval y Rojas de la Cerda, and was located next to his residence, on the main street of the capital. From its stylistic characteristics and some documentary evidence, it seems to be inferred that the reliquary was designed in the founding years of the monastery.
