Santa Clara Convent
Location:
Intramuros, Manila
Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: Building
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date:
1936
Installed By:
Historical Research and Markers Committee
SANTA CLARA CONVENT
A COMMUNITY OF CLOISTERED NUNS FOUNDED BY SOR GERONIMA DE LA ASUNCION, WHO LEFT TOLEDO, SPAIN, ON APRIL 28,1620, AND ENTER ED MANILA ON AUGUST 5, 1621. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1622 IN HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION, BUT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKES OF 1880. THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS SOLEMNLY BLESSED ON DECEMBER 12, 1881. ONLY TWICE IN THREE CENTURIES HAVE THE NUNS BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THE CLOISTER: FIRST DURING THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645, AND SECOND DURING THE OCCUPATION OF MANILA BY THE BRITISH IN 1762.
