HOUSE OF SANTA TERESA
25 minutes
The Bullfighting Museum has become a center of reference for all those fans who want to enjoy the art of Cúchares and remember great glories of the bullfighting panorama that will never disappear from the memory of fans having written a page with golden letters in the book of Salamanca bullfighting.
The house-convent of Santa Teresa (also called Casa de Santa Teresa) is a house where Santa Teresa de Jesús resided in Salamanca (in the current Plaza de Santa Teresa).1 The house was owned by Comendador Juan Antonio Ovalle Prieto and is located near the Church of San Juan de Barbalos. Its construction dates from the late sixteenth century. Santa Teresa will live in the city, right in this house, for a period of almost four years.
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The house-convent of Santa Teresa (also called Casa de Santa Teresa) is a house where Santa Teresa de Jesús resided in Salamanca (in the current Plaza de Santa Teresa).1 The house was owned by Comendador Juan Antonio Ovalle Prieto and is located near the Church of San Juan de Barbalos. Its construction dates from the late sixteenth century. Santa Teresa will live in the city, right in this house, for a period of almost four years.
The facade of the building is simple, built in stone. It has a half-point arched gate built with large dovelas, above this gate is a window flanked by two original shields. Inside a courtyard opens.