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Convent of San Joaquín y San Pascual

Cieza, Vega Alta del Segura, Murcia

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Convent of San Joaquín y San Pascual

Monument · Cieza, Vega Alta del Segura, Murcia

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The convent of San Joaquín y San Pascual, in Cieza (Region of Murcia), is a complex of Discalced Franciscans from the late 17th century, built from 1685 onwards on the site of the hermitage of San Sebastián, outside the city walls, to put an end to the rivalry that divided the population into factions. The works were carried out by the friars themselves, and the complex, with a single-nave church and a two-storey cloister with five semicircular arches per side, was inaugurated in 1699. Disentailed in 1836 and transferred to the Town Council in 1839, it later served as a barracks for the Civil Guard, a school, an old people's home and a maternity clinic. Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 2000, today the church is the parish seat, while the area around the cloister houses the municipal library.

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