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Facade of church

Saint esteban´s church or dominicans

This building belons to the Dominican Order and it is in fact a Convent.
Its construction began in 1524 and finished in 1610.
There is a mixture of architectonic styles, predominating Plaresco.
The church, of cruciform floorplan, and a single ship, has Renaissance parts and others of later Ghotic.
It was in this Convent where Christopher Columbus talked with the friars about his projects.

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