Royal Monastery of St. Thomas
Ávila, Spain
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The Royal Monastery of St. Thomas is a Gothic monastery founded in 1482 in Ávila, Spain, by the Catholic Monarchs as a Dominican convent dedicated to Saint Thomas Aquinas. Built in the Isabelline style, the complex served as the burial place of John, Prince of Asturias, and remains a UNESCO World Heritage Site component. Since the 1970s, the monastic church has functioned as a parish church, while the grounds now house a museum of natural sciences and a museum of oriental art.
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- Type
- monastery, dominican friary
- Heritage
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, bien de interés cultural
- Place
- Ávila, Spain
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