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The oratory of the convent consists of a Latin cross plan with a single nave covered by half-barrel vaults with transverse arches, all finished through a vault on pendentives. Its walls have pilasters of the Tuscan order with a smooth lower part and a molded upper part and are surrounded by an entablature with a narrow architrave. In the main chapel,  01 with a rectangular floor plan, a lintel door opens that gives access to the sacristy, and at the foot, is located the >high choir. In the arms we find the facades, the one that is Facing east, it is arranged with a semicircular arch on some steps to overcome the unevenness and an entablature topped by a split curved pediment and a niche that houses the titular Saint. The south doorway is simpler and smaller in size, composed of a semicircular opening flanked by Tuscan pilasters. Inside, the image of the Immaculate Virgin that presides over the Main Altarpiece stands out, made in the 18th century by the circle of the artist Alonso Cano.

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This convent was built in the 18th century for the Order of the Poor Sisters of Santa Clara and is It is composed of a set of outbuildings that form three bays attached to the north wall of the church and are separated by a garden patio. Like most of the city's religious monuments, it suffered from destruction. the consequences of the disentailments of the 19th century, it was used as a supply warehouse during the Civil War and after this, part of the convent grounds to erect the monument to those who fell in the war, designed by Guillermo Langle, which today is part of the convent gardens. In 1992 it was considered Asset of Cultural Interest.

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