Convento de San Antonio de Padua (St. Anthony of Padua Convent), Toledo
The Saint Anthony of Padua Convent is a Franciscan convent dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua. The institution was founded in 1525, in the former palace of the advisor comunero Don Fernando de Ávalos, which had been confiscated by order of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, due to its owner's involvement in the Comuneros Revolt.
The entrance to the convent is a Gothic-Mudéjar structure dating back to the 15th century. The church within the convent was designed by Juan Bautista Monegro in 1594 and constructed by Andrés García de Adías and Juan Martínez de Encabo. The church is rectangular in plan, with a single nave divided into four sections and a wide transept with little lateral development. The presbytery is shallow and flat-fronted, with three chapels-niches on each side. The main altar is an 18th-Century Baroque altarpiece.
The chapter house and choir of the church date back to the same period and feature a floor of azulejos. The side chapels contain the sepulchers of the founders of the convent, the De la Fuente family. The convent also features two courtyards. The Patio de Los Naranjos, dating from 1480, is a quadrangular space with lintelled structures supported by octagonal pillars, similar to those of the Fuensalida Palace. The galleries have wooden roofs with painted plant decorations and Gothic-Mudejar plasterwork. The other courtyard, known as the Cemetery, is a three-story structure with stone supports and wooden studs.
The entire complex of the Convento de San Antonio de Padua is surrounded by walls made of a mixture of brick and masonry. The convent doorway, which is an example of Toledo civil Gothic, is believed to be a remainder of the old palace of Ávalos.
The entrance to the convent is a Gothic-Mudéjar structure dating back to the 15th century. The church within the convent was designed by Juan Bautista Monegro in 1594 and constructed by Andrés García de Adías and Juan Martínez de Encabo. The church is rectangular in plan, with a single nave divided into four sections and a wide transept with little lateral development. The presbytery is shallow and flat-fronted, with three chapels-niches on each side. The main altar is an 18th-Century Baroque altarpiece.
The chapter house and choir of the church date back to the same period and feature a floor of azulejos. The side chapels contain the sepulchers of the founders of the convent, the De la Fuente family. The convent also features two courtyards. The Patio de Los Naranjos, dating from 1480, is a quadrangular space with lintelled structures supported by octagonal pillars, similar to those of the Fuensalida Palace. The galleries have wooden roofs with painted plant decorations and Gothic-Mudejar plasterwork. The other courtyard, known as the Cemetery, is a three-story structure with stone supports and wooden studs.
The entire complex of the Convento de San Antonio de Padua is surrounded by walls made of a mixture of brick and masonry. The convent doorway, which is an example of Toledo civil Gothic, is believed to be a remainder of the old palace of Ávalos.
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Sight Name: Convento de San Antonio de Padua (St. Anthony of Padua Convent)
Sight Location: Toledo, Spain (See walking tours in Toledo)
Sight Type: Religious
Sight Location: Toledo, Spain (See walking tours in Toledo)
Sight Type: Religious
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