La Encarnación Monastery

Monastery of La Encarnación

Contact details

Paseo de la Encarnación s/n
05005 Ávila (Castile-Leon)
www.avilaturismo.com
Tel.:+34 920211212

Location

Autonomous region:: Castile-Leon
Province/Island:: Ávila

Description

Santa Teresa Convent.

The monastery was founded in the sixteenth century. It is known as the place where Santa Teresa spent most of her life.

Founded in 1515, it consisted of four naves and two floors. The central courtyard was surrounded by a two-floored cloister. The building has suffered a series of modifications especially in the eighteenth century that greatly affected the church. The monastery is renowned for being the monastery in which Santa Teresa first entered in 1535, where she first became a nun and then a prioress. The saint's (Teresa) cell became an oratory and then a chapel.

Construction:: Monastery
Artistic period:: Renaissance
Historic period:: 16th century

Practical information

Schedule

From Oct 01 to Apr 30: From Monday to Friday
From 09:30 to 13:30
From 15:30 to 18:00

Weekend
From 10:00 to 13:00
From 16:00 to 18:00
From May 01 to Sep 30: From Monday to Friday
From 09:30 to 13:00
From 16:00 to 19:00

Weekend
From 10:00 to 13:00
From 16:00 to 19:00