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Covento de la Magdalena(Masamagrell)

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The Convent of La Magdalena de Massamagrell is the second convent in the province of Valencia founded by San Juan de Ribera for the Capuchins. It is listed as an Asset of Local Importance.
It was blessed in 1599 and a few years later it had to be extended due to the influx of candidates to the Order, as it was a novitiate house. The convent church is in Renaissance style and was built by order of San Juan de Ribera.
After its closure in 1823, it was reopened as a Capuchin seminary from 1907 to 1968. Nowadays, after a necessary remodelling, it has largely recovered its original appearance and has been, until recently, once again a training centre. Its influence on the neighbouring villages, the fact that illustrious figures of the Order have passed through it and the fact that it is the oldest of the present-day convents make it an obligatory point of reference for all the Capuchins of the Province.
In 1665, the painter Jerónimo Jacinto Espinosa painted his most important painting for the Capuchin convent, the last communion of the Magdalena, a work that is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia.

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