and those licensed to Ortiz (professor of the University of Valladolid). All of these buildings were perfectly suited to life in a convent. In 1595 the patronage of the convent changed to Francisco Enríquez de Almansa (knight of Santiago and Gentleman of His Majesty's Mouth) together with his wife Mariana de Zúñiga y Velasco. They pledged to build a new church and a building that was adequate to be used as a monastery, and to pay an annual rent of 200 maravedíes, in exchange for acquiring the main chapel for his burial and that of his family. Conservation The complex, which still survives, consists of a church, a cloister, a courtyard, outbuildings and a garden. In 2007 it was home to 13 Colettine Poor Clares, financed by an industrial laundry within the monastery. It has been a National Monument since 1974. References External links Varios autores. Guía de arquitectura de Valladolid. Editorial Consorcio IV Centenario de la Ciudad de Valladolid, 1996. ISBN 84-85022-66-1 Juan José Martín González. Francisco Javier de la Plaza Santiago. Monumentos religiosos de la ciudad de Valladolid, parte segunda. Catálogo monumental. Editorial Diputación de Valladolid, edición facsímil 2001. ISBN 84-505-5518-3 Folleto explicativo de la exposición «Descalzas Reales: El legado de la Toscana» Bustamante García, Agustín . La arquitectura clasicista del foco vallisoletano (1561-1640), Valladolid 1983. Institución Cultural Simancas. ISBN 84-600-2926-3 Poor Clare monasteries in Spain Roman Catholic churches in Valladolid Christian monasteries established in the 16th century 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain Monasteries in Castile and León Convents in Spain Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Valladolid