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Convent of Saint Paul, Valladolid

Valladolid (Spain)

Church façade
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Photography: Fernando Pascullo
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The origin of the convent of San Pablo (Valladolid) dates back to 1276, when the Dominicans settled in the city (Agapito y Revilla, 1911). Queen Violante of Aragon, wife of Alfonso X the Wise, gave some land to build the convent. Subsequently, María de Molina continued to support and promote its construction. Cardinal Fray de Torquemada, Fray Alonso de Burgos, Cardinal García de Loaysa and the Duke of Lerma were the great sponsors of the convent, but they were not the only ones (Ara Gil, 1995; Urrea, 2021). The temple had fourteen chapels: Chapel of San Pedro Martyr, Chapel of San Luis Beltrán, Chapel of San Bernardo, Chapel of San Raimundo de Peñafort, Chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Chapel of the Christ, Chapel of Santo Tomás de Aquino, Chapel of the Cross, Chapel of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Chapel of Santa Inés, Chapel of Santa Rosa de Lima, Chapel of the Annunciation, Chapel of San Lucas and the Chapel of the Invention of the Cross. The imposing façade of the convent stands out, where Alonso de Burgos and Simón de Colonia participated with different projects (Vasallo, 2000; Pérez Gil, 2019).

During the War of Independence, Napoleonic troops caused serious damage to the temple, transforming it into barracks:"The tables of the refectory were converted into seats for the Campo Grande; and the tiles were placed on the sidewalks of the streets" (Palomares, 1962). Likewise, the disentailment of 1835 caused the loss of part of the patrimony it contained. At this time the convent building was used as a prison, since it had sufficient capacity to house the prisoners (Urrea, 2021).

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