Church · Cuenca

Convento de la Merced

Today: Convento de la Merced (de las Esclavas), Cuenca

Place: Cuenca
Kind: Church
Built: c. 1648 to 1800
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Closed

The convent of the Calced Mercedarians, who moved in 1648 into a palace the Hurtado de Mendoza family had built in the 16th century in the Alcázar quarter; one of its towers is still embedded in the present building. The Baroque church, still unfinished at the end of the 17th century, has a two-storey façade with the arms of the Marquises of Cañete, and the house was enlarged from 1739. Today it is occupied by the Esclavas nuns and the seminary, and the church is closed to the public.

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