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The Convent of San Antonio, Heritage Marina Alta

January 08 from 2013 - 00: 00

Today is a pedestrian square has changed its physiognomy to become one of the meeting points each afternoon mothers, fathers, children who attend catechism in the Church, but the history of the Plaza del Convento four centuries back ago when between the eastern walls of the city and the sea the Convent of San Antonio was built.

The Duke of Lerma, V Marquess of Denia, has been present during 2012 in the city as one of the architects of achieving the title of City of Dénia and 400 years ago. And it was he who, in the seventeenth century, coinciding with the time of splendor and urban renewal of the city financed the construction of the Convent of San Antonio de Padua.

In 1587, the General City Council requests the creation of a Franciscan convent would be endowed with rents by the Marquis of Dénia for their livelihood and entrusted to the Order of San Francisco de Recoletos.

The convent was built on the remains of the hermitage of the Mare de Deu dels Desemparats. At that time it served as a residence for religious 24.

The church, as the rest of the monastery complex dependencies were partially destroyed in the War of Succession. After decades of reconstruction, in 1743, the church was reopened for worship. It ruined again in the French War was again rebuilt. In the 1936 civil war would lose much of its movable heritage.

Today, the remains of the convent are part of the premises of the parish, and house the classrooms where catechesis and group meetings are held Juniors.

Definitely worth approaching those remains and learn about the cultural heritage which houses the city. Touch the stones, to feel its history and approach, almost accidentally, those years in which Renaissance esplendos Dénia was one of the most important cities in the Kingdom of Valencia.

Comments
  1. Mark says:

    Can anyone access to enjoy the remains?

  2. Obdulia says:

    It is a pity that this courtyard is not cared for better, the remains of the convent are restored and protected ...


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