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Convent of San Diego de Alfara del Patriarca

Alfara del Patriarca, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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Convent of San Diego de Alfara del Patriarca

Monument · Alfara del Patriarca, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

The Convento de San Diego, in Alfara del Patriarca, was a house of the Observant Franciscan order built in 1599, between the 16th and 17th centuries, next to the Camino de Carpesa, before reaching Almácera. It was declared a Bien de Relevancia Local (a local-level heritage designation) in 2002. Following the 19th-century disentailment, its premises became the El Globo match factory, a use that gave way, already in the 20th century, to the headquarters of an international company. The conventual church is used today as a warehouse, and the cloister, walled up, has lost its original function; on the upper floor the friars' old dormitories are still preserved. The complex has suffered several fires that have erased much of its decoration, although beneath the layer of white paint sgraffito work from the conventual period can still be made out.

Photo: Sancor (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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