Monastery · Ávila

Convento de San José

Today: Convento de San José (Carmelitas Descalzas), Ávila

Place: Ávila
Kind: Monastery
Built: 1562 to 1607
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The first convent founded by Saint Teresa of Jesus, a cloistered house of Discalced Carmelite nuns, built in 1562 with the backing of Bishop Álvaro de Mendoza. The church, a single nave with a pendentive vault and a dome over the crossing, was designed by Francisco de Mora and begun in 1607; its façade with a three-arch portico was much imitated in the 17th century. The building houses the Museo Teresiano.

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