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Convento de San Clemente

Toledo, Spain

Convento de San Clemente
Convento de San Clemente. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Royal Monastery of St. Clement (Monasterio de San Clemente el Real) is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located in the city of Toledo, Spain. Noted for its Spanish Renaissance architecture, it was founded in the 13th century during the reign of King Alfonso X of Castile, known as "the Wise" (reigned 1252–1284). Inside the building there are a Roman cistern, Mudéjar architecture, remains of the Palacio de los Cervatos and many decorative elements. It is a large building that contains a basement, a refectory, two cloisters, a chapter house, a church, a hallway, the nuns' choir, the portals, cisterns and other dependences. It currently houses a museum dedicated to marzipan which, according to a historic study and tradition, originated in this monastery.

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