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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: October 27, 2015
Caption:
The previous Del Carmen Temple and Convent Marker English text | Additional Description: This previous marker was replaced in 2018. Its text read:
Del Carmen Temple and Convent
The barefooted Carmelites (Carmelitas descalzos) from the Province of San Alberto, Mexico, arrived to the city in 1602. In 1614 they founded and devoted this temple and convent to Saint Teresa de Jesús (Santa Teresa de Jesús).
The architectonic complex, sober and simple, was built under the orders of Fray Antonio de San Miguel Segura. To build it, they had the financial support of Don Francisco de Medina and his wife, Dońa Isabel Gonzalez. By 1685, they carried out extension and restructure of the works, under the responsibility of Bachelor, Father Don Juan Caballero y Osio.
The principal Altar houses a remarkable sculpture of Our Lady Del Carmen, Patron Saint of the order.
Submitted: November 6, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p337207
File Size: 1.887 Megabytes
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