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The Convent de la Madeleine de Saint-Maximin is a Dominican convent founded in 1279 with the aim of making it a place of devotion to Mary Magdalene, whom ancient traditions place in these lands during her last years of life.

The Trinitarian nuns settled in Tortosa at some point in the 13th century. The church of Sant Blai is the only vestige of the old monastery they had in this part of the city.

The Convent of Las Descalzas Reales was founded in 1559 by Joanna of Austria, sister of King Philip II of Spain. The present monastery is located partly on the site of one of the first palaces built in Madrid. The building, in the classical style of the 16th century, was designed by the architects Antonio Sillero and Juan Bautista de Toledo, and houses important works of art. Part of the monastery is currently dedicated to a museum that can be visited.

The Dominican convent of Ulldecona was founded thanks to the initiative of the City Council or University of Ulldecona

Built in the 17th century, the Convent of Carmo is a former monastery in the municipality of Horta. Its community of nuns declined after several earthquakes affected the building, and it was eventually taken over by the Portuguese army to be used as a garrison.

According to tradition, the origin of this convent is to be found in an apparition of the Virgin to two Knights Hospitaller who had taken refuge under a willow tree during a storm. This was followed by the construction of a chapel and the subsequent establishment of the monastic house.

The monastery was built in the 17th century on the location of an ancient hermitage devoted to Nossa Senhora da Conceição. It comprises a church with mannerist and popular features, the cloister, and the convent building.

This Franciscan house was founded in Mondéjar thanks to the will of Íñigo López de Mendoza (1440-1515), first Marquis of Mondéjar and second Count of Tendilla. The ruins of the church are preserved from that convent which still show part of the sculptural work, especially on the church doorway, surely the work of the architect Lorenzo Vázquez.

The Convent of San Diego of Alcalá in Fuentes de León is a former Franciscan monastery that has been transformed into a hotel.