Convento de la Natividad y San José
The Convento de la Natividad y San José (popularly called convento de las Baronesas) was a convent of Carmelite nuns located in Calle de Alcalá (Madrid) who designed and started the building foreman Juan de Lobera in the mid-17th century,[1] being finished in 1700 by his son-in-law Juan de Pineda. The convent due to the confiscation of Mendizábal was demolished in 1836 and its site it put on sale.
History
The convent with a capacity of forty nuns popularly called the Baronnesses for be founded on a site (currently in front of the headquarters of Círculo de Bellas Artes) loan by Beatriz de Silveyra, Baroness of Castel Florido, bound for the creation of a convent placed under the patronage of the Nativity of Our Lady and St. Joseph. This site was purchased with money that left her husband, Jorge Paz de Silveyra, at dying. In this site was located previously the Mesón del Toro. The order of its construction went to the master builder Juan de Lobera who died during the execution of the works in 1680. [2] The Baroness had died in 1660. The convent was completed in 1700. In little more than a century was in operation, being demolished in 1836. In its site was built the Palacio del Marqués de Casa Riera (known popularly as casa de los alfileres).
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