Convento de la Madre de Dios, Toledo

Convento de la Madre de Dios

The Convento de la Madre de Dios is a Dominican convent located in the city of Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain). It was founded as beaterio by Doña Leonor and Doña María de Silva at the end of the 15th century. It was a cloistered monastery, a Guardia Civil barracks and finally a university campus after its acquisition by the University of Castilla-La Mancha to expand the facilities of the Faculty of Juridical and Social Sciences.[1]

Today, 4,000 students come daily to the complex formed by the former convents of San Pedro Mártir and Madre de Dios to study Law, Administration and Management of Companies or Management and Public Administration.

The building conserves in its interior the original cloister and the main nave of the church, reconverted in Aula Magna. In the exterior, the rehabilitation discovered the only Mudéjar portal of Toledo located in a noble house.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ ilovetoledo.es. "#41 Convento Madre de Dios UCLM".
  2. ↑ ABC (newspaper). "La portada del convento Madre de Dios, ejemplo único del Mudéjar".
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Coordinates: 39°51′28″N 4°01′34″W / 39.8579°N 4.0261°W / 39.8579; -4.0261

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