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Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Porta Coeli

ValladolidSpain Founded in 1601

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The Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Porta Coeli is a monastery of Dominican nuns located on Teresa Gil Street, two blocks from the Plaza Mayor of Valladolid (Castile and León, Spain). The convent was founded on December 19, 1601, by Mariana de Paz, and later placed under the patronage of Rodrigo Calderón, Marquis of Siete Iglesias, whose support helped enrich the church.

The church preserves a series of twelve paintings commissioned from Orazio Borgianni. It is today the only Dominican nuns' monastery in Valladolid that is a member of the Santo Domingo Federation. The sources consulted do not describe any retreatant hospitality.