It is known as colegiata de Santa María, as it was a collegiate church from 1211 to 1851.

[3] It displays striking similarities with the Monastery of Guadalupe, both sharing the same Gothic–Mudéjar style.

[5] A number of chapels, either in gothic or Renaissance style, were built in the 15th and 16th centuries.

[7] It endured a sacking during the French invasion in the context of the Peninsular War.

[8] It was declared monumento histórico-artístico (precursor to the status of Bien de Interés Cultural) in 1931.