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Monastery in Madrid, Spain
The Convent of Santa Isabel is a royal
monastery in central
Madrid ,
Spain . Belonging to the Augustine order of nuns founded by the wife of
Philip III of Spain ,
Margaret of Austria ,
[1] it is located near the
Atocha Train Station . A school for girls there had been founded by
Philip II . It was designed in the 17th century by
Juan Gómez de Mora .
Starting from April 1995 it has been a "bien de interés cultural" and monument under the administration of the
Patrimonio Nacional .
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References
^ Conrad Kent; Thomas Wolber; Cameron M. K. Hewitt (2000). The lion and the eagle: interdisciplinary essays on German-Spanish relations over the centuries . Berghahn Books. pp. 83, 106.
ISBN
1-57181-131-1 .
Royal sites of the
Patrimonio Nacional
Royal Palaces Monasteries Other
Former Royal Palaces1 Former
Sub-national seats 1 This section includes the royal palaces of the Christian and Muslim medieval kingdoms
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