History

HISTORY

According to tradition, the Sacred Tablecloth of Coria witnessed the Last Supper. How did it get to the cathedral of Coria? What do we know about his biography? We say biography, because the tablecloth, like one more neighbor of Coria, has shared the hopes, intimacies, tests and historical vicissitudes, which have been modulating the geography of Extremadura and the history of Spain. The tablecloth has witnessed wars, earthquakes, dynastic disputes, it has had to go into exile, hide to survive, it has mediated against drought, floods, plague, plagues and on it, promises, confidences and acts of gratitude that according to the millions of people who have venerated him in the centuries are innumerable. To know his biography, we approach the records that are preserved and the oral traditions that are still remembered.
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