In 1727, by charter of Duke of Medinaceli, it was authorized the placement of the first stone of the Monastery of St. Michael the Archangel, Andrés Paniagua was in charge of the works, which lasted for over 25 years until 1754 when the process culminated with the ornamentation of the main altarpiece.
However, in 25th August 1736 the work wasn’t completed and the Religious Community had to be moved to the Monastery of San Miguel Archangel. This moment was a great event for the city and had the presence of the Archbishop, important people of the city and all the canons and Franciscans. On the streets had been prepared several altars full of flowers and ornaments guarded by hundreds of soldiers. The houses of the legendary Long Street were wearing their best carpets and tapestries that welcomed the Capuchin Sisters.
Prior to this solemn transfer is known that the nuns left the Monastery of Santa Rosalia from Seville to go to the Conception Convent, and later, at the Santa Lucia Chapel, and then, thanks to the favor of the Archbishop D. Luis Salcedo and Azcona and private donations, it was allowed the purchase of land and it was built the new convent on the Large Street.
The convent access was made accessible through a pillared door, which is flanked by Tuscan pilasters, on the cornice there is a niche that shelters the stone sculpture of Santa Clara. This door gives way to a small atrium where you can open the church door, which has very similar characteristics like those in Seville, and where the statue of St. Michael the Archangel appears.
The church has a drawer design and a single nave with barrel vault. It has high choir at the foot of the arch, occupying three of the five sections of the nave. The main chapel is covered with half an orange on pendentives. Next to the church is located the cloister. Its structure differs from other, everything that belonged to the Capuchin nuns was not only built with porticoed galleries around, but also had solid walls, only interrupted by three pillared doors on each side. In the center of the courtyard there is a big recess area with octagonal steps and a fountain in the center.
In 1975, after 220 years of residence, the nuns of the Capuchins Order moved and the monastery was abandoned. After the hard restoration work, the building became a hotel and in 1989 it was opened.
