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| name = Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa
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| native_language = Spanish
| image = Avilachurchofsantateresa02.jpg
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| location = [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]], [[Spain]]
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| designation1 = Spain
| designation1_offname = Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa
| designation1_type = Non-movable
| designation1_criteria = Monument
| designation1_date = 1886
| designation1_number = RI-51-0000051
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The '''Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa'') is a church and convent located in [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]], [[Spain]].
==Exterior==
It was built by the Order of [[Discalced Carmelites]], as outlined by friar Alonso de San José, in the Carmelite [[Style (visual arts)|style]] in the first third of the 17th century, supposedly on the site where Saint [[Teresa of Ávila]] was born.
The central rectangle is divided in four bodies with a triangular [[pediment]] with a circle in the middle. The lowest part contains a statue of Saint Teresa. The part below the pediment shows a large [[coat-of-arms]]. The entrance consists of three rounded arches, the middle one flanked by pilasters.
==Interior==
The interior of the church was built in the style of the Valladolid classicism. It consists of a nave and two lateral aisles, with a transept and a cupola above the crossing. The Chapel of Birth, alongside the presbytery, coincides with place where Teresa was born.
== Conservation ==
It is designated a ''[[Bien de Interés Cultural]]'' and has been protected since 1886.<ref name=mcu>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcu.es/bienes/cargarFiltroBienesInmuebles.do?layout=bienesInmuebles&cache=init&language=es|title=Consulta a la base de datos de bienes inmuebles|editor=[[Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Spain)]]}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
* Ávila, Art and Monuments; edicion Edilera; {{ISBN|978-84-942521-9-8}}
== See also ==
* [[List of Bienes de Interés Cultural in the Province of Ávila]]
{{Commonscat|Church-convent of Saint Teresa, Ávila}}
[[Category:Baroque architecture in Castile and León]]
[[Category:Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Ávila]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Ávila, Spain]]