El Carmen complex

View from the west
Main altarpiece

El Carmen is a former convent converted to museum in San Ángel, a southern suburb of Mexico City.[1]

The convent was founded on 29 June 1615 by the Discalced Carmelites in the area of the Aztec village of Tenanitla, which was later renamed San Ángel. The founder was Father Andrés de San Miguel. This convent was built between 1615 and 1626.[2] In the university, there was a college for theology students and a library, which contained more than 12,000 books. In 1858, the college was closed, and the complex was transferred to the local authorities. In 1929, the museum was created, and in 1939, it was transferred to the newly created Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.[3]

The museum contains a large collection of Mexical colonial religious art including paintings of Miguel Cabrera, as well as original furniture of the monastery, and a collection related to the history of the monastery and relates the life of the Carmelites.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Museo de El Carmen" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Museo, Templo y Exconvento de Nuestra Señora del Carmen". cdmxtravel.com (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Historia" (in Spanish). National Institute of Anthropology and History. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Acervo" (in Spanish). National Institute of Anthropology and History. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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