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In 1395 the first convent was the victim of a fire that completely affected it, and it was rebuilt thanks to the support of the Mendoza manor house, Dukes of Infantado.

The Convento de San Francisco de Molina is a Franciscan convent founded in 1284. It was extensively renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The convent of San Francisco de Pastrana was founded by the Franciscans of La Salceda. Over time it became an important house of studies.

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The Convent of San Marcos is one of the most important monuments of the Spanish Renaissance. Although founded in the twelfth century, the building was rebuilt in the sixteenth century by Renaissance architects such as Juan de Orozco, Martín de Villarreal and Juan de Badajoz el Mozo. In 1615 the staircase was built and in 1679 the part of the cloister that was still missing was completed. Finally, between 1711 and 1715 a large extension to the building was carried out.

Legend has it that the hermitage of Sant Simeó l'Estilita - or the hermitage of the Column, founded in 1612 - was occupied by one of the founders of the convent, who fell one day, face down, into a hole where there was a fountain. He was able to get out because he miraculously turned around and found himself face up. The convent was suppressed with the exclaustration of 1835 and once abandoned, it was looted. Its waters have been exploited since 1974 and several companies have been successively involved in its commercialisation.

The convent of Santa Cruz la Real was the first Dominican monastery in the country to be founded during the lifetime of Dominic de Guzmán (1170-1221), founder of the Dominican Order. Built in Romanesque style, it was remodelled during the time of the Catholic Monarchs (Queen Isabel I of Castile and King Ferdinand II), who gave the convent a relic of the Lignum Crucis. The convent was decommissioned in the 19th century, and its facilities now form the EI university campus in the city.

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The Convent of Santo António da Piedade, is located within the Forte de Santo António, an old fort built in the 1650s to protect the town of Évora.

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