Art and culture
Chapel of San Benito
Converted into a convent in the 18th century.
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- Chapel of San Benito
A simple 15th-century masonry construction
Location and Contact:
- Contact person: Tourist Information Office
- Tel.:+34 924 73 03 72
- Email: turismo@jerezcaballeros.es
- Website address: https://jerezcaballeros.es/oficina-de-turismo/
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Converted into a convent in the 18th century.
In the municipality of Jerez de los Caballeros, on a slate rock, we find the chapel of San Benito, a simple 15th-century masonry construction which was turned into a convent in the 18th century. In the 19th century it passed into private ownership. It is comprised of a single nave with a rectangular layout and its walls have two buttresses with splayed openings. Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in the monument category.
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- Origin:
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- 15th century
- Construction:
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- Shrine
- Art period:
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- Gothic
- Period in history:
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- 15th century
- 18th century
- Official name :
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- Property of Cultural Interest
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