Convento de San Pascual, Aranjuez explained

Convent of San Pascual
Native Name:Convento de San Pascual
Native Language:Spanish
Coordinates:40.032°N -3.6002°W
Location:Aranjuez, Spain
Architect:Francesco Sabatini
Designation1:Spain
Designation1 Offname:Convento de San Pascual
Designation1 Type:Non-movable
Designation1 Criteria:Monument
Designation1 Date:1999
Designation1 Number:RI-51-0010465

The Convento de San Pascual is a royal monastery in Aranjuez, in the Community of Madrid, Spain, founded by King Charles III of Spain as a Franciscan monastery and built from 1765 to 1770. Under the reign of Isabel II of Spain, it was assigned to the Conceptionist nuns, and now is under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional.

The architect was the Italian Francesco Sabatini. The main altar has a painting by Anton Raphael Mengs.

It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1999.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=filename%3DInmuebles.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1352947123316&ssbinary=true Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de cultura