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The monastery of Santo Domingo Real, located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, is a convent founded in 1364 by the noblewoman Inés García de Meneses, daughter of García Suárez de Meneses and María Fernández Barroso, after being widowed by Sancho de Velasco.

History

It has been an enclosed convent since its beginnings and the first in the city founded by the Dominican nuns. In it María de Castilla professed. Maria was the daughter of King Peter of Castile and his lover Teresa of Ayala. Teresa was the daughter of Diego Gómez de Toledo and his wife Inés de Ayala, chancellor Pero López de Ayala's sister.

The monastery preserves in its archives numerous documents including letters of the king Peter's descendants since it became a "place of memory" for the king.

It was declared bien de interés cultural the June 15, 1934.

References

1. LDVP Escudero. Testimonios olvidados: Textos y documentos del Monasterio de Santo Domingo el Real de Toledo (s.XIV-XVI) (PDF). p. 4.

Bibliography

• Francisco de Paula Cañas Gálvez (2010). Colección diplomática de Santo Domingo el Real de Toledo, Documentos reales I, 1249-1473. Madrid: Sílex Ediciones, S.L. pp. 148–150. ISBN 978-84-7737-248-6.

External links

• Official State Gazette (BOE) where date of declaration of bien de interés cultural is mentioned

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Gates	Puerta Bab al-Mardum Puerta de Alarcones Puerta de Alcántara Puerta de Bisagra Puerta de Bisagra Nueva Puerta del Cambrón Puerta de los Doce Cantos Puerta del Sol Puerta del Vado
Religious buildings	Agustinas Calzadas Carmelitas Descalzas de San José Carmelitas Descalzos Cristo de la Vega El Salvador La Magdalena Las Concepcionistas Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes Monastery of Santo Domingo el Antiguo Monastery of Santo Domingo el Real Mosque of Cristo de la Luz Mosque of las Tornerías Nuestra Señora de la Estrella Purísima Concepción San Andrés San Antonio de Padua San Bartolomé San Cipriano San Clemente San Felipe de Neri San Idelfonso San Juan de la Penitencia San Lorenzo San Lucas San Miguel el Alto San Pedro Mártir San Román San Sebastián Santa Clara la Real Santa Fé Santa Isabel de los Reyes Santa Leocadia Santas Justa y Rufina Santa Úrsula Santiago del Arrabal Santos Justo y Pastor Santo Tomé San Vicente Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca Synagogue of El Transito Toledo Cathedral Tower of San Cristóbal
Bridges	Puente de San Martín Roman Puente de Alcántara
Other sights	Alcázar of Toledo Alhóndiga Arab baths of Ángel Arab baths of Caballel Arab baths of Cenizal Arab baths of Tenerías Archbishop's Palace Basements of Cardenal Cisneros Bullring Castle of San Servando Cerro del Bu Cigarrales Colegio de Nuestra Señora de los Infantes Cortes of Castile-La Mancha Flour factory San José Former Casino Hospital del Nuncio Nuevo Infantry Academy Islamic Halls of Colegio de Doncellas Palacio de Fuensalida Palacio de Galiana Palacio de La Cava Palacio del Marqués de Malpica Real Colegio de Doncellas Nobles Roman aqueducts Roman baths Roman Cave of Hercules Roman circus of Toledo Roman remains under Alfonso X Roman vaults of Nuncio Viejo School of Arts and Crafts of Toledo The Jewish House The Templar House Toledo railway station Well of El Salvador University of Castilla-La Mancha Juridical and Social Sciences faculty Vice-Rectorate of Teaching and International Relations Walls
Museums and performing arts	Caja Castilla-La Mancha Foundation El Greco Museum Hospital de Tavera Army Museum of Toledo Museum of Santa Cruz San Marcos Arts Centre Sephardic Museum Teatro Rojas Workshop of the Moor
Streets and squares	Plaza de San Justo Plaza de las Cuatro Calles Plaza de Zocodover Plaza Nueva
See also	Jewish quarter of Toledo Subterranean Toledo

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• Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the City of Toledo
• Roman Catholic churches in Toledo, Spain
• Nunneries in Spain
• Dominican monasteries in Spain
• Dominican monasteries of nuns
• Buildings and structures completed in 1364
• Christian monasteries established in the 1360s