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unusual facts about Convent of Las Descalzas Reales


Convent of Las Descalzas Reales

Their daughter, Joanna of Austria, founded this convent of nuns of the Poor Clare order in 1559.


Bernardino Cametti

Cametti also completed statues of angels crowning the St. Francis Regis altar of the church of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid, which features a large relief by Rusconi.

Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain

The Royal Patronages were the Royal Convent of the Salesas Reales, the Royal Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, the Royal Monastery of Saint Isabel, the Royal Convent of Santa Clara in Tordesillas, the Royal Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, the Royal Hospital of the Good Event of Madrid where it had his residence the “Procapellán” and the Royal Colleges of Alfonso XII and Maria Christina of Austria in El Escorial.

Vivero Palace

The palacio de los Vivero (Vivero Palace) is located in Valladolid, in front of the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales.


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