Convento De La Merced
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parish church located in the town of
Valdunquillo Valdunquillo is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 179 inhabitants. The town's residents traditionally call themselves "lechuge ...
,
province of Valladolid Valladolid () is a Provinces of Spain, province of northwest Spain, in the central part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Castile and León. It has a population of 520,716 people in a total of 225 munici ...
, Spain. The church was adjacent to the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced Descalza. The church once was dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación. The convent was established in 1607. Made of brick, the church was built in the 18th century. The main
retablo A retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. More generally ''retablo'' is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an altar, whether ...
is from the 18th century. The retablo has a copy of the painting of ''Llanto por Cristo Muerto'' by
Antonio de Pereda Antonio de Pereda y Salgado ( – January 30, 1678) was a Spanish Baroque-era painter, best known for his still lifes. Biography Pereda was born in Valladolid, the eldest of three brothers from an artistic family. His father, mother and two b ...
; the original is in a Museum of Marseille.Ayuntamiento de Valdunquillo
entry on church. Image:Valdunquilloaltar.JPG, The
retablo A retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. More generally ''retablo'' is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an altar, whether ...
in el Convento de la Merced Image:Virgendelamerceddevaldunquillo.JPG, Our Lady of Mercy, patroness of the Convento de la Merced


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Province of Valladolid Churches in Castile and León 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain {{spain-stub