Convento de San Esteban

Today: Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca

Place: Salamanca
Kind: Monastery
Built: 1524 to 1610
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Dominican convent whose church began to be built in 1524, under Juan de Álava, on the site of the earlier one, and was consecrated in 1610. The Plateresque façade is by Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, the Cloister of the Kings was built between 1533 and 1544, and the high altarpiece is by José Benito de Churriguera. Part of the convent is reserved for the community and is not visited.

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