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El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spanish: Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid), or Monasterio de El Escorial (Spanish pronunciation: [el eskoˈɾjal]), is a historical residence of the king of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 2.06 kilometres (1.28 mi) up the valley (4.1 km [2.5 mi] road distance) from the town of El Escorial and ...
The exact number of monasteries and convents in Madrid prior to the Desamortizacion is unclear. Among contemporary sources, they list: 66 convents and 18 college in a city of 150,000 persons (by the early 19th century, supporting only 1900 monks and 800 nuns) [1] 68 convents (1830) [2] 33 nunneries and 39 monasteries (1835). [3]
Church builder, former Trappist monk Justo Gallego Martínez (20 September 1925 – 28 November 2021); also known by his honorific byname Don Justo , was a Spaniard who was known for constructing a church building in the dimensions of a cathedral on his own in the town of Mejorada del Campo since 1961. [ 2 ]
Monasteries in this area were historically founded mainly by kings, bishops and nobles.There were a number of reasons individuals might found a monastery, largely self-serving ones: to reserve a burial there, which came with perpetual prayers by the monks on behalf of the founder's soul, sheltering a princess, widow, unmarried or bastard, in the case of kings.
The Cathedral of Justo, sometimes also called a "cathedral of faith", [1] is a religious building of grand proportions, much a like a cathedral, located in Mejorada del Campo on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain.
The Convent of Las Descalzas Reales (Spanish: Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales) is a royal monastery situated in Madrid, Spain, administered by the Patrimonio Nacional.
Pedro Ponce de León Dom Pedro Ponce de León teaching a pupil (Detail of a monument in Madrid, Spain.). Dom Pedro Ponce de Leon, O.S.B., (1520, Sahagún – 29 August 1584, Oña) was a Spanish Benedictine monk who is often credited as being "the first teacher for the deaf".
The Real Monasterio de la Encarnación (Royal Monastery of the Incarnation) is a convent of the order of Recollet Augustines located in Madrid, Spain.The institution mainly interned women from noble families, and was founded by the Queen Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III, [a] and thus was well endowed with wealth.