Monastery of Corpus Christi las Carboneras

The Monastery of Corpus Christi las Carboneras (Monasterio del Corpus Christi las Carboneras) is a monastery of a female community of the Order of Saint Jerome located in Madrid, Spain at the Plaza del Conde de Miranda. It was founded in 1607 by the widowed countess of Castellar and Hieronymite nun Beatriz Ramírez de Mendoza (1556-1626). It is named after a painting of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception that was found in a coalyard (carbonería). The complex was built by the master builder Miguel de Soria, a pupil of Juan Gómez de Mora, in the first quarter of the 17th century. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1981. The monastery is vending sweet pastries (dulces). The church is an example of the early Baroque in Madrid. It has a single nave consisting of three bays with niches covered by a barrel vault with lunettes. Its choir is elevated.

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