Convento de San Antonio de Padua
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Franciscan
- Era
- 15th Century
- Architectural style
- Gothic-Mudéjar
- Founded
- 1476
- Current status
- Ruins
- Location
- Garrovillas de Alconétar, Cáceres
- Province
- Cáceres
- Region
- Extremadura
A 15th-century Franciscan convent near Garrovillas de Alconétar with a beautifully austere cloister. It stands near the Roman bridge of Alconétar over the Tagus.
Highlights
- Near Roman bridge of Alconétar
- Austere Franciscan cloister
- Tagus river valley setting
- 15th-century Gothic-Mudéjar style
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- Monasterio de Tentudía — Order of Santiago, 13th Century. Spain's highest monastery at 1,104m, founded after a legendary battle where the sun stood still to give the Christian army victory. Features exquisite 15th-century Mudéjar-Azulejo tiles.
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