Convent de les Mercedàries Missioneres

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Convent de les Mercedàries Missioneres

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C/ Sant Gervasi de Cassoles used to be the old quarter of this neighbourhood and conceals one of Sarrià’s oldest buildings: the Mercedàries Missioneres convent.

Cultural heritage

In 1860, Mercedarian nuns founded a free school for working-class girls. Places of worship and religious schools were collectivised during the Civil War and used by the provisional government of the Second Republic. Sant Gervasi, which was full of religious buildings, went through a radical transformation during this period. The Mercedarian Convent became a hospital and its chapel was used as the neighbourhood parish after the war during the period when the burnt-down La Bonanova church was being rebuilt.

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