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Convent of las Carmelitas Descalzas de Caudiel

Caudiel, El Alto Palancia, Castellón

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Convent of las Carmelitas Descalzas de Caudiel

Monument · Caudiel, El Alto Palancia, Castellón

A convent founded by Pedro Miralles who, as at the neighbouring convent of the Augustinians, died before seeing his project completed, so that his heirs delayed the foundation for more than forty years until it was carried out on 21 November 1671; it opened on 2 December 1685 with room for twenty-one Discalced Carmelite nuns. The complex, entirely walled, has a sturdy, monarchical appearance. The church, with a single nave and Baroque side chapels not interconnected, retains in the choir, separated from the presbytery by a large grille, a rich 17th-century Valencian tile floor from Manises; among its works of note are an Immaculate Conception attributed to the circle of Esteve Bonet and an Ecce Homo linked to Juan de Juanes.

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