What you'll hear inside Lerma:

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  Convent of San Blas

  The Convento de San Blas is a Baroque convent set in its own plaza, adjoining the Plaza Ducal in Lerma, built between 1613 and 1617 to house a Dominican community of nuns who remain there today.

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  Convent of the Ascension

  The Monastery of the Ascension, also known as the Convent of Santa Clara, was Lerma's first convent, founded in 1604 by Mariana de Padilla Manrique, daughter-in-law of the Duke of Lerma.

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  Madre de Dios Convent

  Convento Madre de Dios is a austere classical monastic complex on the outskirts of Lerma, alongside the old N-I road facing the Puerta de la Cárcel.

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  High Altar of the Convent of San Blas

  The high altar of the Convento de San Blas is an early Baroque gilded retable that spans the entire eastern end of the church.

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  Ducal Square and Palace

  Vast arcaded square presided over by the Duke of Lerma's palace, today a Parador hotel.

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  Duke's Passageway and San Pedro Collegiate Church

  Raised passageway to the convents, and collegiate church with the bronze praying effigy of Archbishop Rojas.