The
Convent of Santa Isabel is a royal
monasteryMonastery , a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον, neut. of μοναστήριος - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer Monastery (plural: monasteries), a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον, neut. of μοναστήριος - monasterios...
Augustine order of nuns founded by the wife of
Philip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain and Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, during his wife Mary Tudor's reign, King of England and Ireland...
, doña Margarita de Austria. It is located in central Madrid, near the Atocha Train Station, at numbers 46 y 48 of Santa Isabel Street. A school for girls there had been founded by King
Philip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain and Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, during his wife Mary Tudor's reign, King of England and Ireland...
. It is since April, 1995 a "bien de interés cultural" and monument under the administration of the
Patrimonio NacionalThe Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish State and used by the King of Spain and the Spanish Royal Family...
. The architect during the 18th century was Gómez de Mora.
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The
Convent of Santa Isabel is a royal
monasteryMonastery , a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον, neut. of μοναστήριος - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer Monastery (plural: monasteries), a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον, neut. of μοναστήριος - monasterios...
Augustine order of nuns founded by the wife of
Philip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain and Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, during his wife Mary Tudor's reign, King of England and Ireland...
, doña Margarita de Austria. It is located in central Madrid, near the Atocha Train Station, at numbers 46 y 48 of Santa Isabel Street. A school for girls there had been founded by King
Philip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain and Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, during his wife Mary Tudor's reign, King of England and Ireland...
. It is since April, 1995 a "bien de interés cultural" and monument under the administration of the
Patrimonio NacionalThe Consejo de Administración del Patrimonio Nacional is a Spanish state agency, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Presidency by delegation of the Prime Minister of Spain, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish State and used by the King of Spain and the Spanish Royal Family...
. The architect during the 18th century was Gómez de Mora.
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