Convento de San Pascual

The Convento de San Pascual is a royal monastery in Aranjuez, within the Community of Madrid, Spain, based with the aid of King Charles III of Spain as a Franciscan monastery and constructed from 1765 to 1770. Under the reign of Isabel II of Spain, it become assigned to the Conceptionist nuns, and now is beneath the management of the Patrimonio Nacional. The architect became the Italian Francesco Sabatini. The main altar has a painting by way of Anton Raphael Mengs. It turned into d Bien de Interes Cultural in 1999. The convent of San Pascual Bailón was designed by way of Francisco Sabatini, who additionally took element in its creation.

From its outdoors appearance stands the very classicist facade of its church, flanked by way of towers subsequent to the Italian Baroque flavor. Columns and pillars set a totally appealing recreation, and is crowned through a pediment. It is a building with a Latin floor, a nave, transept, apse and severa aspect chapels. Inside, the unique ironwork and altarpieces of the 18^th century stand out, in addition to the canvas with the aid of Anton Rafael Mengs on his most important altar. He additionally had several art work with the aid of the Italian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, which nowadays are kept inside the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid.