Convento de San José de los Carmelitas Descalzos (Zaragoza)

The Convento de San José de los Carmelitas Descalzos (English language, English: Convent of Saint Joseph of Discalced Carmelites) was a convent located in the city of Zaragoza, that belonged to the Discalced Carmelites. It was demolished recently, in the 1970s.

History

This convent was founded in 1594, located next the camino del Bajo Aragón, on the right bank of the Huerva river, outside the City Walls. Ruined and burned during the French sieges of First Siege of Zaragoza, 1808-Second Siege of Zaragoza, 1809, it was badly damaged. It was rebuilt in 1814, and in 1835 was Spanish confiscation, Confiscated and nationalized, using as prison, until 1900, as "Penal de San José". In 1908 it was converted to Intendant, Intendance's barracks, until 1971, when it was included in the "Operación Cuarteles" (''Operation Barracks'') and sold to the Zaragoza's City Council that demolished a few years later to wide the camino de las Torres to the Ebro, and to make park, green areas and other roads.

Gallery

File:Convento de San José Zaragoza Baron Lejeune.jpg, Convento de San José, Zaragoza by Baron Louis-François Lejeune (1775-1848)
File:Convento de San José de las Carmelita Descalzas (Zaragoza) 1860.jpg, Photograph of the Convento de San José de las Carmelitas Descalzos when it served as a prison (circa 1860)

See also

* Catholic Church in Spain

References

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Demolished buildings and structures in Zaragoza
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1594
1594 establishments in Spain
Former churches in Spain
Discalced Carmelite Order
Defunct prisons in Spain
Buildings and structures demolished in the 1970s
1970s disestablishments in Spain
16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain