Experts' Choice Award Church of Santa Clara
What the experts agree on
Hidden behind an austere granite facade, this 15th-century Franciscan church reveals a stunningly ornate interior transformed by 17th-century artisans' gilded woodwork and Renaissance decoration.
“Once part of a Franciscan convent, this church hides an opulent interior behind its unassuming facade.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's "Completed in 1416, the interior of the Church of St. Clara was transformed by impassioned 17th-century artists, masters of woodwork and gilding. " Full review
Time Out "This convent church was founded in the early 15th century, but it was in the 17th and 18th that it gained its stylish Renaissance north portal door and extravagant interior decoration" Full review
