Convento de las Capuchinas

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9 / 10

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“Antigua's largest convent was built by Capuchin nuns, whose number had swelled because they, unlike other sisterhoods, did not require young women to pay dowries to undertake the religious life.”

– Fodor's

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"There’s a sublime simplicity about this chapel, located inside a convent for Capuchin nuns." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
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"Despite the devastation wrought by past earthquakes, the ruins of the Convento de Las Capuchinas (18C) give an insight into the austerity of the lives led by the monks of the Capuchins Order." Full review
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"Inaugurated in 1736 by nuns from Madrid...it's possible to get a sense of the life experienced by those cloistered nuns, who ran an orphanage and women's hospital." Full review