The Convento de San Antonio de Padua is a
Franciscan convent located in
Toledo
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* Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain
* Province of Toledo, Spain
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,
Castile-La Mancha,
Spain. Dedicated to St
Anthony of Padua
Anthony of Padua ( it, Antonio di Padova) or Anthony of Lisbon ( pt, António/Antônio de Lisboa; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Catholic Church, Catholic priesthood (Cath ...
, the institution was created in 1525 in the former palace of the advisor comunero Don Fernando de Ávalos, confiscated by order of
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (Crown of Castile, Castil ...
because its owner was a
comunero. The entrance is Gothic-Mudéjar of the 15th century.
The church was designed by Juan Bautista Monegro.
The
chapter house
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and the choir, of the same period, conserves a floor of
azulejos.
Its main altar has an 18th-century
Baroque
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altarpiece. In the side chapels are located the sepulchers of its founders, the De la Fuente family.
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Convents in Spain
Order of Friars Minor
Roman Catholic churches in Toledo, Spain
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1525
Buildings and structures with azulejos in Castilla–La Mancha
16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain