The
Convent of Santa Clara (Monastery of the Immaculate Conception) was founded in
1743 by the brothers Don Lorenzo and Don Matías Marín-Blázquez and the Poor
Clare nuns who came from the Monastery of La Encarnación from the nearby town
of Mula.
The
atrium that gives entrance to the church is accessed through a semicircular
arch in the center of which the stone-carved weapons of its founders stand out.
Inside the cloistered Convent, paintings, sculptures and belongings by
different artists are preserved, highlighting the "Niño de la bola",
the work of Salzillo. The monastery church has a single nave and its interior
space is contrasted with chapels between pilasters of composite origin; it
houses the Images of the Blessed Virgin of Sorrows, and of Our Lady of Grace
and Hope.