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Address:Oficios, e/ Amargura y Churruca, Habana Vieja
Construction date:1738 |
Current use:
This is one of the most extraordinary convent and church complex of the colonial time. The plan of the church originally was divided in three naves in Latin cross with a dome in the crossing section which was destroyed in the year 1850.
The central nave is hold up in arcades supported by pillars in cruciform section. The lateral vaults are of great interest with skylights intercepting perpendicularly to the main cannon vault.
The most significant element of the Church is the Tower 42 meters of height, second in altitude at the colonial time.
Only the Iznaga Tower in Trinidad of 45 meters high exceeds it. The façade where the main front is significant due to its shape of a fluted and trumpet- shape arch can not be appreciated in all its magnitude because of the absence of a small square located in front of the building.
The convent is of great interest due to its two cloisters with perimeter galleries connected by an original staircase and the exterior front of the second one facing Teniente Rey street formed by Tuscan columns superimposed in three levels finished by a Baroque motif .
