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The Convento de Santa Isabel de los Reyes is a convent located in the city of
The Convento de Santa Isabel de los Reyes is a convent located in the city of Toledo
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, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The current convent, founded in 1477 by Doña María Suárez de Toledo, known as "Sor María la Pobre", has its origins in two different palace
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s, both Mudéjar from the 14th century and the church of San Antolín.
It is accessed by the convent church, rebuilt during the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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, through a portal from the time of the Catholic Monarchs (1500). It is in Gothic style and is covered with wood-coffered ceiling.
The main altarpiece is dated in 1572, is Plateresque style and has high reliefs. The choir of the nuns with a azulejos plinth, a Plateresque reredos and an ashlar, all of the 16th century, were all built at the base.
Part of the building is a museum.
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