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Convent of Santa Isabel


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, it is located near the . A school for girls there had been founded by Philip II. It was designed in the 18th century by 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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