The Church of Saint Clare () is a

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located in the city of

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History

Originally a

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monastery belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares built in the 13th century, Saint Clare was rebuilt and repurposed as a church, of an overall smaller size, in a

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style, between 1742 and 1745 under the direction of architect

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, himself brother of two nuns of the Order. The Poor Clares would continue to reside in the church until 1814, when they were transferred to

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