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Convento de San José (Las Madres)

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Convento de San José (Las Madres) Review

A cluster of houses joined together, the Convento de San José was founded in the late 16th century by St. Teresa of Ávila. You can still see the convent's kitchen, cloister, and so-called "devil's staircase," from which Teresa fell and broke her arm in 1577. The complex, just off a pedestrian square four blocks east of the cathedral, also houses the Museo Teresiano, with musical instruments used by St. Teresa and her nuns (Teresa specialized in percussion, apparently).

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  • Address: Pl. de las Madres 4, Ávila, 05001 | Map It
  • Phone: 920/222127
  • Cost: €1
  • Hours: June--mid-Oct., daily 10--1:30 and 4--7; mid-Oct.--May, daily 10--1:30 and 3--6
  • Location: Ávila
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