Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales

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convent museum royal monastery

Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales is a 16th-century royal convent in central Madrid, renowned for its rich art collections, historic architecture, and role as a former residence of Spanish nobility turned cloistered monastery.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Las Descalsas Reales Monastery 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf convent ⓘ
museum ⓘ
royal monastery ⓘ
architecturalStyle Herrerian style NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
collectionType liturgical objects ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
relics ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
tapestries ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dedicatedTo Our Lady of the Conception NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerUse palace ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
foundedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
founder Joanna of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juana de Austria, Princess of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Patrimonio Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChapel main church of the monastery ⓘ
hasFeature baroque altarpieces ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
frescoed walls and ceilings ⓘ
royal tombs ⓘ
hasFunction cloistered monastery ⓘ
museum of religious art ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
Monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1988 ⓘ
inception 1559 ⓘ
locatedIn Autonomous Community of Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
locatedInArea central Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnStreet Plaza de las Descalzas NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Gran Vía NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puerta del Sol NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Rubens tapestries after The Triumph of the Eucharist NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Spanish State NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Royal Monasteries of Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousOwner Charles I of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isabella of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Order of Saint Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPeriod Habsburg Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

historic centre of Madrid → hasPart → Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales ⓘ
Infante Alfonso of Spain → burialPlace → Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Descalsas Reales Monastery