 It is the monastery and palace house in which lodged and died Charles I of Spain and V of Holy Roman Empire after his abdication.In 1556 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, retired to the Monastery of Yuste, near Cuacos de Yuste, after having abdicated the Spanish crown in favour of his son Philip II of Spain and the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in favour of his brother Ferdinand I.He intended to devote the rest of his life to prayer in this rather out of the way and obscure monastery.