Los Descalzos Viejos

The Trinitarian Order, both barefoot and barefoot, came to establish three convents in different places in our city. This building, recently masterfully restored for a Ronda wine cellar, was erected in 1505 by a Royal Certificate of Privilege granted by Queen Juana la Loca as a monastery of Trinitarios Calzados, with its gardens and caves for penance. Completely removed from the urban area, in the place where the cut of the Tagus begins in front of the wall, facing south and protected from the north by the same cliff. It was originally consecrated to the Virgen de los Remedios. In 1593, fearing the building would collapse, they moved to a new one located in the Ronda Market, on Calle Real, next to the Dominican monastery of Madre de Dios (only one of its façades remains of this convent) . Due to the gradual decline of the austerity and initial penance of this Calzada Order, a reform was undertaken at the end of the 16th century by Father Juan Bautista de la Concepción in which the Barefoot Trinitarians were created. Being obtained by bull of Pope Clement VIII the cession of the primitive convent of Los Remedios abandoned by the Trinitarios Calzados, which despite their strong resistance, in 1607 Los Descalzos already occupied the enclosure, and on January 17, 1608 they received the act corresponding assignment, then consecrated to the Holy Crucifix or Holy Christ. But in 1664, due to the growth of the Community and certain landslides and landslides, the building became small and habitable and they decided to create a new monastery in the Mercadillo neighborhood. They are installed in the old hermitage of Cristo de las Penas or de las Peñas. Remaining abandoned until recently, an excellent restoration has been made, supposedly the recovery of a building located in a place with beautiful views, and that treasured some very interesting frescoes hidden behind the layers and layers of lime on its walls.