Monasterio de Santa Ana

Villanueva del ArzobispoSpain Founded in 1540

Nuns

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Villanueva del Arzobispo - Convento de Santa Ana · Photo: Kordas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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The Monasterio de Santa Ana de Villanueva del Arzobispo, in the province of Jaén (Andalusia, Spain), is home to a community of Dominican nuns belonging to the Nuestra Señora del Rosario federation. The convent was built from 1539 onward through the efforts of the Dominican friar Domingo de Valtanás, founder of numerous Andalusian convents, and the community moved in in 1540. Enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries, it opens onto the Plaza Santa Ana, in the historic heart of the town.

According to the DeClausura directory, the monastery has a guest house and welcomes visitors in the morning and late afternoon. It has no shop.