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The female monastery of Santo Domingo de Huete was founded around 1393.

The Monastery of the Poor Clares of Soria (currently the Convent of Santo Domingo de Soria) is a medieval complex built in the 15th century, although its church dates from an earlier period. One of the highlights of this compelx is its church, which is renowned for its façade decorated with a complex iconographic programme and in a relatively good state of conservation.

The Dominican convent of Santo Tomás de Ávila was founded on the initiative of the nobleman Fernán Núñez Arnalte in the 14th century. It is known that the Catholic Monarchs contributed financially to its construction. Part of the monastery now houses the Oriental Art and Natural Science Museums.

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The Convent of São Pedro de Alcântara was built in the 17th century and houses religious paintings, tiled panels and gilded woodwork.

The Convent of St. Joseph, also known as the Convent of the Adorers, is a women's convent built in 1917 on the ruins of a hermitage dedicated to St. Joseph, dating from the 13th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, during the Peninsular War (1807-1814), the building was bombed and was practically abandoned until it was rebuilt in 1917.

The Convent of the Holy Cross is a former Cistercian convent founded in 1270. It was built in several phases in the 14th and 15th centuries. Since the 1980s it has been used as a cultural history museum.

The convent of the Jesuits was built between the 16th and 17th centuries. Following the dissolution of the order at the end of the 18th century, the complex served as a hospital, a high school and a dormitory. It was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century.