Convento de Santa Rosalía

Nuns from Order of Capuchin Poor Clares reside

Founded in 1700 it is home to a congregation of nuns from the Order of Capuchin Poor Clares. Santa Rosalia originated in Sicily but devotion to her was brought to Spain in the late 1600s and some sho...

18th century convent

Convento de Santa Rosalia is a 18th century convent with usual solid and plain looking facade for the convents but with a more decorated door with stucco finish.

Quiet retreat

We're in our last night here and it's been a nice stay. Very quiet and in general and the nun that showed us round was lovely and pretty good at English if a little hard to get hold of via the door be...

Nice Church

The Santa Rosalia Convent follows the Latin cross plan with one nave and a vaulted ceiling with lunettes. The main retable was made by the Portuguese Cayetano de Acosta between 1761 and 1763. Other la...

Amplio horario de visita y con mucha historia en su haber

Está regido por las Franciscanas Capuchinas desde su inauguración en 1724 , para lo que contó con el apoyo del Arzobispo Juan de Palafox, que introdujo en Sevilla la devoción a la Santa. Su iglesia ...