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22: 96: 112: 322: 334: 346: 147:, was considered one of the best architectural works of the 17th century in Madrid. The church was heavily used by many Madrilenian co-fraternities. The Chapel of Santo Domingo in Soriano was well known, owned by Fernando de Fonseca Ruiz de Contreras, Marquis of la Lapilla. In the year 1726 the dome collapsed, killing about 80 people. 119:
The Dominican friars from the convento de Nuestra Señora de Atocha founded in 1563 a school of theology with money obtained from the sale of a house that had been donated to them, both far from the urban core of the time. In 1583, at request of Friar Diego de Chaves
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headquarters. Three years after suffering a strong fire the complex entirely disappeared, which occurred in 1872. The early iglesia de la Santa Cruz, built in 16th century (1583), attached to the Convento de Santo Tomas, also was affected by the fire.
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From what was once a Madrilenian religious and cultural institution only remaining a few works of its movable heritage: the excellent painting
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took the new monastery under his protection. In 1635 begins to build the building in Arrabal de Santa Cruz and the works lasted until 1656.
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with modifications made by architect Juan Pedro Ayegui. At beginning of 19th century, was settled in the corner of the buildings set the
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The church's facade and dome, both among the most outstanding works of Spanish courtly Baroque, were made by the
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church and convent were secularized and confiscated, going to have many uses, from administrative center to
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It was located in the former Arrabal de Santa Cruz, showing its main facade to the
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which adorned the Chapel of the Marquis of la Lapilla, preserved in
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It was erected in the mid-17th century, being a good example of
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for the Chapel of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves along with the
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Former monument to victims of the attack against Alfonso XIII
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Project of Filippo Juvarra for the Royal Palace of Madrid
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17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1656
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J. Laurent
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Dominicans
St. Thomas Aquinas
Madrid
Calle de Atocha
Spanish Baroque architecture
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha
Spanish confiscation
Milicia Nacional

J. Laurent
National Library of Spain

Philip II
priory
Count-Duke of Olivares
José de Churriguera
cour d'honneur
José Jiménez Donoso
anticlerical riots of 1834
Landaburian Society
Ateneo
Milicia Nacional
Antonio de Pereda
Museo Cerralbo
Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia
Seville
Luis Salvador Carmona

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