Convento de Las Descalzas Reales, Valladolid

Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
41°39′21″N 4°43′16″W / 41.65583°N 4.72111°W / 41.65583; -4.72111Coordinates: 41°39′21″N 4°43′16″W / 41.65583°N 4.72111°W / 41.65583; -4.72111
Location Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Founded 1550
Architecture
Heritage designation National Monument
Designated 1974
Architect(s) Francisco de Mora
Architectural type Classical Baroque
Administration
Diocese Valladolid

The Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales is a monastery located in Valladolid, in Castile and León, Spain. Literally the Monastery of the Barefoot Royals, the name refers to the practice of the usage of the Colettine branch of the Order of St. Clare to be barefoot while within the cloister. This monastery is to be distinguished from a similarly named one in Madrid of the same Order (see Convent of Las Descalzas Reales).

The monastery was originally established in Villalcázar de Sirga in 1550 and was dedicated to Our Lady of Pity.[1] It has been based in Valladolid since 1552, when the community moved to its permanent home, and its dedication was changed to Our Lady of the Assumption by order of King Philip III of Spain, who also initiated a rebuilding program.

The monastery occupies a spacious site in the city, between calle de Ramón y Cajal (in front of the Chancillería), at the corner of calle de San Martín and calle del Prado. Its present building is in 17th-century neo-classical style to designs by Francisco de Mora.[2]

Conservation

The complex, which still survives, consists of a church, a cloister, a courtyard, outbuildings and a garden. In 2007 it was home to 13 Colettine Poor Clares, financed by an industrial laundry within the monastery. It has been a National Monument since 1974.

References

  1. ↑ Sangrador, Matías (1851). "Historia de la muy noble y leal ciudad de Valladolid : desde su mas remota antiguedad hasta la muerte de Fernando VII, Vol. II". www.abebooks.com. Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. p. 327. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  2. ↑ "El convento de las Descalzas Reales". El convento de las Descalzas Reales. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  • Varios autores. Guía de arquitectura de Valladolid. Editorial Consorcio IV Centenario de la Ciudad de Valladolid, 1996. ISBN 84-85022-66-1
  • Juan José Martín González. Francisco Javier de la Plaza Santiago. Monumentos religiosos de la ciudad de Valladolid, parte segunda. Catálogo monumental. Editorial Diputación de Valladolid, edición facsímil 2001. ISBN 84-505-5518-3
  • Folleto explicativo de la exposición «Descalzas Reales: El legado de la Toscana»
  • Bustamante García, Agustín . La arquitectura clasicista del foco vallisoletano (1561-1640), Valladolid 1983. Institución Cultural Simancas. ISBN 84-600-2926-3
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