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Convento de San Norberto

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17: 91:(royal architect) and Juan Antonio Cuervo refused, because of its artistic value and in addition having both been disciples of Ventura RodrĂ­guez. However, their negative reports were of no avail and in 1811 a new royal order finished by tearing down what that left of the building. 595: 114:
The convent was originally built in the then Calle de la InquisiciĂłn, occupying another convent-church which led the nuns of St. Catherine of Siena to move to another building on the Plaza de las Cortes de Madrid.
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of the city. First, the convent was demolished in April 1810, in the next month, an order was issued to demolish the church. However, the architects who were commissioned to direct this operation,
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Besides the work of Ventura Rodríguez, there were architectural features left from the earlier church, with the main façade composed of a semicircular portico flanked by two towers decorated with
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after a realignment of the route, placing the current market further north, and locating offices and housing buildings on the original site.
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columns and on this, rose a second crowned body with a statue of St. Norbert, made of granite from
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and Juan de Dios de la Rada, has an engraving that depicts the convent.
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Buildings and structures in Spain demolished during the Peninsular War
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flanked by two towers but was a victim of the plan of the then king,
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Historias de Madrid, 1952, Manuel Iglesias, Editorial I. G., Madrid.
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Former monument to victims of the attack against Alfonso XIII
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and financed by a benefactor, the Count of Miranda, Juan of
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Project of Filippo Juvarra for the Royal Palace of Madrid
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1754
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founder
Premonstratensian Order
Gran VĂ­a
Madrid
Spain
Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo
Bernardo de Rojas
ZĂșñiga
Council of Castile
Ventura RodrĂ­guez
façade
Joseph Bonaparte
plazas
Silvestre PĂ©rez
Former Mercado de Los Mostenses
Mariano Calvo Pereira
Gran VĂ­a
Corinthian
Ionic
Colmenar Viejo
José Amador de Los Ríos
"Orden Premostratense"
"MADRID HISTÓRICO - Historia"
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e
Demolished landmarks
Madrid
Royal AlcĂĄzar of Madrid

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