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Convent of San Antonio de La Cabrera

La Cabrera, Sierra Norte, Madrid

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Convent of San Antonio de La Cabrera

Monument · La Cabrera, Sierra Norte, Madrid

Romanesque temple located on the slope of the Cancho Gordo, the highest peak of the sierra de La Cabrera, about two kilometres from the village centre. Its origin is uncertain: tradition places it in the 11th century, promoted by Alfonso VI during the conquest of Toledo, although it has also been suggested that it dates from the 12th century or is of Romanesque-Visigothic origin, built over an earlier temple. Consecrated to San Julián, it was run by Benedictines until the 14th century; in 1404, already in the 15th century, it passed to the reformed Franciscans of Pedro de Villacreces, who turned it into the convent of San Antonio de Padua. Abandoned after the Napoleonic invasion and secularised in 1835, it passed through private hands until, restored by the Community of Madrid between 1987 and 1993, it was occupied by the Idente missionaries.

Photo: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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