Madrid: Sacred and Religious Sites

Places and attractions in the Sacred and religious sites category

Royal Monastery of La Encarnación

1600s convent with an art-filled church The Real Monasterio de la Encarnación is a convent of the order of Recolet Augustines located in Madrid, Spain. The institution mainly interned women from noble families, and was founded by the Queen Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III, and thus was well endowed with wealth.

Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great

1700s place of worship with painted dome The Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great is a Roman Catholic church in central Madrid, Spain, located in the neighborhood of Palacio.

St. Michael's Basilica

The Pontifical Basilica of St. Michael is a baroque Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in central Madrid, Spain. It is located in San Justo Street, adjacent to the Archbishop's Palace. It is the church of the Apostolic Nunciature to the Kingdom of Spain of the Holy See and is now administrated by the priests of Opus Dei.

Church of Saint Manuel and Saint Benedict

Saint Manuel and Saint Benedict is a Catholic church located in Madrid, Spain. The building, which was designed by Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, was built at the beginning of the twentieth century. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1982.

St Nicholas' Church

The Church of San Nicolás also known as the church of Church of San Nicolas de Bari, or the Church of San Nicolas de los Servitas, is a Catholic parish church in central Madrid, Spain.

Cervecería San Andrés

The Church de San Andrés is a church in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995. It was built using the ruins that had a previous church in the same place.

Church of San Marcos

The Church of San Marcos is a parish church located in Madrid, Spain. It was designed by Ventura Rodríguez, and it one of a number of surviving buildings by this architect in the city.

San Ginés

The church of San Ginés in Madrid, is one of the oldest churches in that city. It is situated on the Calle Arenal. References to it appear in documents dating from the ninth century. Originally built in Mudéjar style, it was rebuilt in 1645.

Church of La Concepción

The Church of La Concepción is a neogothic catholic temple in Madrid, Spain. It's located in Goya street, in the corner with Núñez de Balboa street, and its construction was carried out between 1912 and 1914. The architect in charge of church's design was Eugenio Giménez Corera, till his death in 1910.

Iglesia de las Calatravas

The Church of las Calatravas is a church located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995. The external façade was revamped in 1866 following a project by Juan de Madrazo.

Chapel of the Bishop

The Bishop's Chapel is a chapel, located in Madrid, Spain, which was built in the 16th century. It is named after Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal, Bishop of Plasencia, who is buried there.

Convent of the Salesas Reales

The Convent of the Salesas Reales is an 18th-century architectural complex in central Madrid, Spain. Formerly a convent, specifically the convent of the Visitación de Nuestra Señora, it was constructed and occupied by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, which had been founded by St.