Iglesia conventual de San José - Badajoz, Extremadura, España - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

"El actual Convento de San José se levantó en 1917 y alberga a las Madres Adoratrices. El ingeniero responsable de la construcción fue Francisco Franco Pineda.

Se trata de un edificio neogótico situado en la plaza de San José, cuya singularidad se acrecienta por ser prácticamente un testigo único de este estilo arquitectónico en la comunidad extremeña.

La iglesia del convento presenta una pequeña y sencilla fachada principal que se abre a la plaza de San José compuesta por una portada con arco ojival en la que se sitúa un relieve del escultor Julio Clivilles representando al santo con el niño Jesús y dos ángeles.

Sobre ella se encuentra un bello rosetón y rematando y enfatizando la parte central una espadaña que acoge las campanas y una crestería típicamente gótica que recorría primitivamente todo el edificio.

La iglesia se cubre interiormente con bóveda de medio cañón y cúpula de medio punto, imitándose mediante molduras las bóvedas de crucería góticas".

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"The current Convent of San José was built in 1917 and houses the Adoratrices Mothers. The engineer responsible for its construction was Francisco Franco Pineda.

It is a neo-Gothic building located in the Plaza de San José, whose uniqueness is enhanced by the fact that it is practically the only example of this architectural style in the Extremadura region.

The convent church has a small and simple main façade that opens onto the Plaza de San José. It consists of a doorway with a pointed arch featuring a relief by sculptor Julio Clivilles depicting the saint with the child Jesus and two angels.

Above it is a beautiful rose window, and crowning and emphasizing the central part is a bell gable that houses the bells and a typically Gothic cresting that originally ran throughout the building.

The church is covered internally with a barrel vault and a semicircular dome, with moldings imitating Gothic ribbed vaults."

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Group that erected the marker: Elijo Badajoz, Ayuntamiento de Badajoz URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Pl. San José, Badajoz, Badajoz España 06001

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