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Monasterio de Santa Ana (Convento de las Anas)

MurciaSpain Founded in 1490

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The Monasterio de Santa Ana, known to the people of Murcia as the "convento de las Anas," is home to a community of Dominican nuns belonging to the Nuestra Señora del Rosario federation. It overlooks Plaza Santa Ana in Murcia (Region of Murcia, Spain). The Dominican sisters arrived from Jaén in 1490, on land donated by the cathedral dean, Martín Selva. The current building, the community's third, dates from 1728 to 1738 and is considered one of the outstanding examples of Murcian Baroque architecture.

The conventual church is the part open to the public, with a daily morning Mass. The sisters run a shop. The DeClausura directory does not list a guest house.