Salamanca, Spain: Convent of San Esteban - Convento de San Esteban, España
The Convent of San Esteban (Saint Stephen) is one of the most beautiful buildings in Salamanca. It was built in the 16th century in a mix of late gothic and rennaissance styles.
Places to see in ( Salamanca - Spain ) St Stephen's Convent
Places to see in ( Salamanca - Spain ) St Stephen's Convent
The Convento de San Esteban is a Dominican monastery situated in the Plaza del Concilio de Trento in the city of Salamanca. The Dominicans settled in Salamanca in about 1255, but their original monastery was demolished to construct the parish church of St. Stephen in 1524, at the initiative of Cardinal Juan Álvarez de Toledo.
Construction took until 1610, and involved Martin de Santiago, Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, Juan Ribero Rada and Pedro Gutiérrez. However, the layout and design are by Juan de Álava, who began the work in 1524, as evidenced by a plan in his possession. Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón was involved with the transepts and the dome. Although the church is considered to be an excellent example of the Plateresque style, the long period of construction explains the mixture of styles ranging from Gothic to the late Baroque, the latter not so noticeable in the architecture but very apparent in the reredos of the main altar by José de Churriguera.
According to tradition, Christopher Columbus stayed in this monastery (actually in the earlier building it replaced) when he came to Salamanca to defend his idea of reaching the Indies by sailing west, against the geographers of the University. During the Counter Reformation it was an important center where for the Dominicans who founded the School of Salamanca, headed by Francisco de Vitoria.
The monastery houses the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Stephen, founded in 1947, successor to the General Study of Theology which was set up in San Esteban in 1222. Activities of the Faculty include the Conversations of San Esteban, the San Esteban School of Theology and the St. Thomas Aquinas Internet School of Theology at fatse.org. It also has its own publishing house.
San Esteban is also the canonical seat of the Dominican Fraternity of Holy Christ of the Good Death which makes its penitential procession in Salamanca's Holy Week at dawn on Good Friday, and the Royal and Pontifical Sacrament Confraternity of Mary, Mother of God of the Rosary and St. Pius V fraternity of glory, restarted recently after years of inactivity.
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St. Stephen Convent - The Final Journey after 55 years.
One last walk-thru before demolition and the construction of the new Stonegate II Senior Apartment Complex.
スペイン旅行 サラマンカ 「サン・エステバン修道院（世界遺産）」 Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca
世界遺産に登録されているサラマンカの旧市街。その中に美しいファサードを持つサン・エステバン修道院があります。１６世紀後半に建てられた修道院の教会ではチュリゲラ様式の豪華な祭壇を見ることができます。
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Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca
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The Convento de San Esteban is a Dominican monastery situated in the Plaza del Concilio de Trento in the city of Salamanca.
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Ieronimus
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Old Cathedral (Catedral Vieja)
New Cathedral (Catedral Nueva)
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