The Church de Nuestra Señora del Carmen of Salamanca !!!

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We were back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat with some of them as introduction to my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to continue the saga of our new road warrior experiences even if now with less in our family, This post is on my latest road warrior tour of wonderful sublime Spain.  Therefore, let me tell you about the Church de Nuestra Señora del Carmen of Salamanca !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The City of Salamanca is capital of the province of Salamanca located in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, and in the kingdom of Spain. In 1988, the Old City was declared a World Heritage for UNESCO, The City is located 109 km from Ávila, 121 km from Valladolid, 123 km from Portugal and 214 km from Madrid.

The Church de Nuestra Señora del Carmen aka Church del Carmen from Above, is a Baroque church that is located in the Plaza Los Bandos. This is the only construction that remains of the former convent and school of San Elías de los Carmelitas Descalzos, which occupied the rear of the Church including the space of the current Plaza de la Libertad.

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The works of the Church of Our Lady of Carmen, were carried out between 1694 and 1703 with three naves, being the barrel vault and the sides with domes on pechinas. The facade has three bodies topped with triangular pediment with two bell -flashed swords flanking it. In the second body, a niche with the image of San Elías, inspiration of the founders of the Order of Carmen.

A bit of history tell us that in 581 the College of San Elías had founded in Salamanca. At first, the Carmelites settled in the San Lázaro hospital in the Arrabal del Puente. After the flood and practice destruction of the convent by a flood, the religious moved to a property donated by the Monroy family, where they built their new church and convent. With the French invasion the friars had to leave the foundation in 1809. later they returned until in 1835 they were expelled by the confiscal laws and never recovered it again. In 1857 the former convent Church became a parish church, which assumed the previous parish of Santo Tomé, whose Romanesque temple in the Plaza de los was demolished. In 1894 the barefoot Carmelites returned to Salamanca settling in the church of Santa María Magdalena, next to which they built a new convent. The Magdalena Church was restored and expanded in 1918, knowing itself as “Nueva del Carmen Church” to differentiate it from the previous ones.

The City of Salamanca on its history : https://aytosalamanca.es/w/historia

The Salamanca tourist office on its religious buildings: https://salamanca.es/es/fondo-armario/cultura-y-patrimonio/iglesias-y-conventos

The Castilla y Léon regional tourist office on the heritage of Salamanca: https://www.turismocastillayleon.com/en/heritage-culture/salamanca/heritage

The Diocese of Salamanca on the Church del Carmen : https://www.diocesisdesalamanca.com/noticias/la-iglesia-del-carmen-de-abajo-mas-accesible-y-calida-para-los-fieles/

The Unesco world heritage site on old town Salamanca: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/381/

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church de Nuestra Señora del Carmen of Salamanca !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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