Convento de Santa Isabel y San Antonio Abad

Today: Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas, Ciudad Real

Place: Ciudad Real
Kind: Monastery
Built: 17th century
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

A convent of Discalced Carmelite nuns, who took over the former small hospital of San Andrés on 11 February 1596; the present building, in Renaissance and Baroque style, is of the 17th century. The church has a single nave with a barrel vault and lunettes and a dome over the crossing, and its main portal follows the model of Fray Alberto de la Madre de Dios at the Encarnación in Madrid. It has been a Bien de Interés Cultural since 1991.

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