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Convent of The Purisima Concepcion
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The church was founded by Cardinal Fr Pascual of Aragon, instead of being his burial. In keeping with the precepts of the architecture of the Counter-Reformation of the seventeenth century, presents a facade of stone-altarpiece, topped by a triangular pediment with óculo Central. The building is brick, repainting recently.
The niche is a Immaculate, attributed to the sculptor Madrid of Portuguese origin, Manuel Pereira is also characteristic of the time the rectangular with a single nave, very sober but done with noble materials covered with half a barrel vault and Gaza with lunettes. In the intervening reredos broncista Fanelli.
The tables are Francisco Rizzi. The large canvases side are actually cupboards containing countless shrines. Located in the vicinity of other convents, is the ultimate foundation of its kind in the city. Its architect, and Bartholomew Zumbigo Salcedo, becomes master builder of the Cathedral.
Interesting facts of the monument:
Architectural Style: Baroque XVII Century
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