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Convent of la Imagen

Alcalá de Henares, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid

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Convent of la Imagen

Monument · Alcalá de Henares, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid

The second foundation of the Discalced Carmelites, established in 1563 by Sister María de Jesús with the support of Saint Teresa, who visited it three times; since 1575 it has occupied a palace of the Marquises of Lanzarote with a Plateresque doorway of grotesques.

Photo: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CC BY 2.0)

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