This convent was inaugurated in 1557 with a purist Renaissance style, and is attributed to Pedro de Tolosa and Pedro del Valle. It is built with stone and masonry and the building has the same characteristics of the convents of that time: church, courtyards, cloisters, cells, granaries and vegetable garden.

The church shows another façade of stone, classical model related to Serlio and similar to others works of the author aforementioned, Pedro de Tolosa. The temple is simple and large, with an only nave and three recessed vaults. The courtyard is square, with columns and capitals, all in granite stone.

It is still preserved, in the modern convent, the tomb of Ms Maria Davila, the first abbess of ‘Las Gordillas’, a remarkable work of Blasco de Zarza, XVI century.

Historical Data

Architecture:
Religious architecture
Construction:
Monastery / Convent
Predominant styles:
Renaissance
Historical Period:
Early modern period

Address

C/ Cristo de la Luz, s/n. Ávila. 05003 Ávila.

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Centro de Recepción de Visitantes of Ávila

Address:

Avda. Madrid, 39. Ávila. 05001 Ávila.

Telephone: 920 354 000 ext. 370 y 371

Fax: 920 254 200

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Casa de las Carnicerías. C/ San Segundo, 17. Ávila. 05001 Ávila.

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