The Church of Santa Teresa and San José is an eclectic church built between 1916 and 1928. When the convents burned down in 1931, it suffered serious damage. Finally, at the end of the Civil War, the building had to be completely restored following the fire that destroyed a large part of the church during the conflict. Today, the convent and the church belong to the order of the Barefoot Carmelites.
The Almudena Cathedral is the most important religious building in Madrid. On June 15, 1993, its construction began on April 4, 1883 when King Alfonso XII laid the first stone. The interior of La Almudena surprises by having completely different details to other cathedrals: the ceiling and the stained-glass windows set aside the classic style to give way to bright colours and straight lines.
The Convent of Las Descalzas Reales was founded in 1559 by Joanna of Austria, sister of King Philip II of Spain. The present monastery is located partly on the site of one of the first palaces built in Madrid. The building, in the classical style of the 16th century, was designed by the architects Antonio Sillero and Juan Bautista de Toledo, and houses important works of art. Part of the monastery is currently dedicated to a museum that can be visited.
The church of San Ginés is a Catholic church under the patronage of San Ginés de Arlés (303 or 308 AD). The building was built in the mid-seventeenth century, and together with the paintings and sculptures that it houses inside, it forms an important historical, artistic and architectural ensemble of the so-called Madrid de los Austrias.
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