Convento de las Dueñas
SalamancaSpain Founded in 1419
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- Dueñas Salamanca - 2011 · Photo: Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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The Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, known as the Convento de las Dueñas, is a monastery of Dominican nuns located on Plaza del Concilio de Trento, in the historic center of Salamanca (Castile and León, Spain), a short walk from the convent of San Esteban. It was founded in 1419 by Juana Rodríguez de Monroy in a late 14th-century Mudéjar palace, of which a horseshoe arch and azulejos survive.
The church, with its Gothic single nave and Plateresque facade, and the cloister date from the 16th century. The monastery is listed as a site of cultural interest and the community belongs to the Santo Domingo Federation. Sources consulted do not describe any retreatant hospitality.