It was an old hermitage founded in 1629 and is currently a convent for Poor Clare nuns. They have a pastry shop with top quality handmade products at a super affordable price. Do not miss the opportunity to buy them any candy, if you pass by. They are also famous for their weather station located on the Monastery estate. Every day, the sisters collect rainfall data, morning and afternoon, temperature, humidity, wind direction and other phenomena that are of great value to the National Institute of Meteorology.

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Willem VS

October 15, 2022

This Poor Clares Monastery was founded on Calle Alta in Santander in 1656. All the sisters came from the convent of Escalante except the Abbess who came from Zarauz. There was the peculiarity that a large number of applicants were from well-known families, which facilitated its dissemination throughout the region. Tradition narrates the devotion to the Pilgrim Virgin of which it is said that she arrived one night in an ox cart and as the bouvier had fallen asleep the animals with their horns knocked on the door. This image has been present in the community since its inception accompanying the sisters in all their transfers. The feast of the Pilgrim Virgin was established on May 31.
On June 10, 1918, by order of Bishop D. Vicente Sánchez de Castro, the community moved to Villaverde de Pontones, to the monastery where the Trinitarian Mothers, Salesians, Minor Seminary and the Salesian Mothers had previously been. The intention of the Bishop for the change to Villaverde de Pontones was that the sisters would be in charge of teaching the young women, an activity that they had been carrying out until 1971.
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