Convento de Santa Clara
The Convento de Santa Clara stands in the heart of Valencia as a striking example of Valencian modernisme with medievalist hints, built to house the Clarissas Capuchinas in 1911. The architect Ramón Lucini Callejo, a León-born designer who settled in Valencia, created a three-story complex centered on a brick-clad courtyard that unfolds around a calm cloister-like space. The church itself is neoclassical and features a single nave, with the exterior walls and brickwork giving the building its distinctive silhouette. Inside, the convent was originally founded in 1911 and soon became home to a contemplative community. During the Spanish Civil War, the site was used by the Republican side as a men’s prison, and in the early Franco years it served as a women’s jail, linked to the provincial women’s prison system; the religious sisters and prison staff watched over the facility during this period. …
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