the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales is part of Madrid , Downtown Madrid (district 1) , Barrio de Sol (16) , Hotel Intur Palacio San Martin .

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Madrid
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El Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, en Madrid, ocupa el antiguo palacio donde residieron Carlos I e Isabel de Portugal y donde nació, en 1535, su hija doña Juana. Esta, ya viuda del príncipe de Portugal, fundó en 1557 este convento de monjas franciscanas descalzas. Está sepultada en una capilla, con escultura funeraria orante realizada por Pompeyo Leoni. En la clausura se conserva la estructura y muchos elementos decorativos del palacio plateresco.En este monasterio vivieron doña Juana y luego su hermana María, emperatriz viuda, que falleció aquí en 1603. Del siglo XVII se conservan pinturas al fresco en la escalera y en la Capilla del Milagro. Destacan los tapices tejidos en Bruselas, sobre cartones de Rubens, representando la Apoteosis de la Eucaristía, encargados para este Monasterio por la hija de Felipe II, la Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, Gobernadora de los Países Bajos.


Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns (Monasterios de las Descalzas Reales)
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The Convent occupies the site of the mansion in which King Charles I (Emperor Charles V) and his wife Isabel of Portugal resided, and it is where their daughter Juana was born in 1535. After being widowed by the death of her husband the Crown Prince of Portugal, Princess Juana founded this convent of Poor Clares in 1557. She is buried in one of the chapels, and a tomb sculpture by Pomeyo Leoni portrays her at prayer. The enclosed area of the convent preserves the structure and many decorative features of the mansion. In the Plateresque style. Princess Juana, retired to this convent, as later did her sister the Dowager Empress María, who died here in 1603. Still preserved from the seventeenth-century are frescoes in the Main Staircase and in the Chapel of the Miracle. There are also extraordinary tapestries based on work bt Rubens.


plaza de las descalzas 10.9.08 - 29
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main doors of the the monasterio de las descalzas reales [monastery of the royal barefoot sisters] the monasterio de las descalzas reales was a medieval palace converted by doña juana [joan of austria] into a monastery for nuns and women of the royal household, now housing fantastic tapastries and masterpieces by brueghel the elder, titian, murillo and ribera.


La Gramola
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Project 365 51/366 Probably one of my favourite places where to get some really cool stuff with very affordable prices. By the way: the chap on the picture is not me, though I'd love to... obviously, I was behind the camera at the time this was taken ;)


Placa
Made by Félix Abánades
Unas pocas placas de las muchas que se reparten por el antiguo Madrid de personajes populares.... Placa en Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid


Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
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architect of facade: Juan Bautista de Toledo (first architect of El Escorial) (1559) the monastery/ Museum in old Madrid DSCN0012


Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (3)
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En este palacio habitado por los reyes de castilla, naciÓ En 1536 juana de austria que lo transformÓ En monasterio en 1559


Madrid - Descalzas Reales
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A Franciscan monastery founded in 1557 by Juana, daughter of Carlos I, it attracted noblewomen with rich dowries.


Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (4)
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En este monasterio viviÓ La emperatriz marÍA de austria y en ÉL muriÓ En


Portón de las Descalzas Reales
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Tomada con una Olympus e-pl1 y un objetivo Konica Hexanon 35mm 2.8 a f/6.3.


Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (2)
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El detalle del escudo situado en la fachada del Convento


17 Aldabas
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Aldabas , Monasterio Descalzas Reales, Madrid


43 Madrid
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Posada del Peine , Calle Postas , Madrid


Convent of the Barefoot Nuns
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Monasterios de las Descalzas Reales


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Prácticas del curso de fotografía


Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (1)
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Vista desde la Plaza de San Martín


Madrid
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Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales


"Paisaje urbano"
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sobre una mítica y castiza cita!!


Porta (detall)
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Al Convent de las Descalzas


Parking de las Descalzas
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Parking de las Descalzas