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Royal Monastery of Santa Isabel

Royal Monastery of Santa Isabel

The Royal Monastery of Santa Isabel, which gives its name to the old Tapestry Factory of the same name, depicted by Velázquez in Las hilanderas, was founded by Philip II on the site where his secretary, Antonio Pérez, had his sumptuous country house
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The patronage gave the church a dual function: a convent of Augustinian nuns and a school, initially intended for the daughters of the servants of the Royal House.
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C. de Sta. Isabel, 48

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