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Jesuit College of Oropesa

Oropesa, La Campana de Oropesa, Toledo

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Jesuit College of Oropesa

Monument · Oropesa, La Campana de Oropesa, Toledo

A 16th-century Renaissance building, the Jesuit College stands on the calle de la Compañía in Oropesa; it was founded by Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, Count of Oropesa, viceroy of Peru and steward to Charles V and Philip II, and consists of a church and a college built between 1590 and 1604; the design has been attributed to Juan de Herrera, although the church, dedicated to San Bernardo, appears to be the work of Francisco de Mora. The temple, in the shape of a Latin cross, is covered with barrel vaults and a dome, now collapsed, over the transept, and its ashlar façade, crowned by a pediment with an oculus, is flanked by Doric columns and the coats of arms of the Counts of Oropesa. Of the college, the floor plan, the façades of the compás, a granite doorway and remains of the small cloister survive. The complex was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), as a monument, on 8 October 1991.

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