La Merced Church Part of the complex of the Antiguo Convento de la Merced, a former convent founded in 1613, this 18th century church is very centrally located in the city, right behind the Palacio de la Diputación or county government building.The church, built in...
Carmelitas Convent This 17th century convent, built in Renaissance and Baroque style and categorised as a Spanish Cultural Heritage Site in 1991, goes by the full Spanish name of the Monasterio de Santa Isabel y San Antonio Abad de las Reverendas Madres Carmelitas...
Concepcionistas Convent The Convento de Clausura de la Virgen de la Concepción, an enclosed convent built during the 16th century, is a renaissance transition-style building, although large portions of it have been restored. The church has a basilica form, with a...
Los Remedios Chapel The current building of Los Remedios Chapel dates back to 1664 and contains a single nave, with a floor in the form of a Greek cross and a hemispherical dome at its centre. It is home to the canonical seat of the Hermandad del Descendimiento, which...
Former Gate of the Dominicas de Altegracia Convent Santa María Gate, one of the eight gates on the wall of Villa Real, is the location of a door belonging to the Antiguo Convento de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia, a former convent demolished in the...
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