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The Covento de San José de los Carmelitas Descalzos (English: Convent of Saint Joseph of Discalced Carmel) was a convent located in the city of Zaragoza, that belonged to Disclaced Carmel, demolished reciently, 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 1808-1809, it was badly damaged. It was rebuilt in 1814, and in 1835 was Confiscated and nationalized, using as prison, until 1900, as "Penal de San José". In 1908 it was converted to 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 make green areas and other roads. [1]
Gallery
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Convento de San José, Zaragoza by Baron Louis-François Lejeune (1775-1848)
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Photograph of the Convento de San José de las Carmelita Descalzas, when it served as prison (circa 1860)