Convento as concepcionistas - Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia, España
Posted by: 
Ariberna
N 43° 25.656 W 007° 21.753
29T E 632537 N 4809602
Convent of Concepcionistas, XVIII century
Waymark Code: WM146C0
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 04/28/2021
Views: 0
Building dating from the s. XVIII, built next to one of the gates of the old wall of the city of Mondoñedo. It consists of a rectangular church with a high and low choir, a square cloister with three floors and around the convent rooms. Made of granite and covered with slate. The church was opened for worship in 1716, it has a single nave with two sections of a groin vault, a half-orange dome and a chancel covered with a groin vault. Front with a façade consisting of two pilasters supporting cornice and circular pediment with the stone image of the Immaculate Conception, and at the top two coats of arms of the founders and of the Franciscan Order. Interior: three baroque altarpieces with sculptures. Cloistered nuns currently live in this convent who do embroidery and handicraft work.
(
visit link)
Visit Instructions:As a suggestion for your visit log, please make every effort to supply a brief-to-detailed note about your experience at the Waymark. If possible also include an image that was taken when you visited the Waymark. Images can be of yourself, a personal Waymarking signature item or just one of general interest that would be of value to others. Sharing your experience helps promote Waymarking and provides a dynamic history of your adventures.