Convent of San Francisco

Busto de César Borgia delante del Convento de San Francisco
Busto de César Borgia delante del Convento de San Francisco

In the square at the entrance to the church is the bust of Cesare Borgia made in 1965.

The convent of San Francisco, built in the 17th century, was inhabited by the friars who, since the 15th century, had been installed in a church in the village of Soto (now disappeared).

Called San Juan Bautista or San Juan del Ramo, in memory of the original convent, it soon began to be called San Francisco.

Its church has a Latin cross plan with a transept and a square apse, with a nave with four sections. Its cloister, attached to the church to the north, has a square floor plan, with blinded semicircular arches.

Since 1858 it has been occupied by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, who would dedicate it to schools for infants.

Since recently, the residence is no longer run by the Daughters of Charity.

 

In the square at the entrance to the church is the bust of Cesare Borgia made in 1965 by the Navarrese sculptor Fructuoso Orduna, at the bottom of which appear the coat of arms of Cesare and the legend: "Cesare Borgia, Captain General of Navarre Arms. MDVII".

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