Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced

Today: Iglesia de la Merced, Ayamonte

Place: Ayamonte
Kind: Church
Built: c. 1640 to 1700
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The convent and church of the Discalced Mercedarians, founded in 1640 by Diego Pérez Mestre, a captain of the Indies fleet; the church, Baroque and on a Latin-cross plan, dates from the middle of the 17th century. In 1746 Diego de Sousa e Sarre painted the pendentives of the crossing, and the earthquake of 1755 brought down the vault of the choir. After the confiscation of church property the convent had other uses and the church stayed as an aid to its parish.

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