Convent of St. Francisco, Spain

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It was built in the 16th century in the place occupied by the king Ferdinand the Catholic during the blockade of the city in 1485. Later, as the Catholic army entered Ronda, the place was given to Juan Dávila. The convent was destroyed by the French army during the Independence War, and later rebuilt. Nowadays is only the church left, with a latin crew ground and built with an gothic-mudejar style. The central nave was covered with a mudejar framework (disappeared at a fire in 1936) which was later covered with a framed semicircular vault.

The entrance to the main chapel as well as to the crossing nave is done through arches supported by pilasters with vegetal forms decorated chapitels.

The most important aspect of this building is the facade, of Isabelian style, worked using stone and including arches with different lines as well as rich vegetal decoration, everything ordered into a stone frame. Above the lintel, and framed by a stone Franciscan lace, there can be seen the coat of these religious Order as well as others heraldic coats.

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