Editing Badajoz (section)

====Real Monasterio de Santa Ana====
[[File:Monasterio de Santa Ana (Badajoz). España. Spain.jpg|thumb|Monastery of Saint Anne]]
It is a Christian monastery in Badajoz, declared a [[Bien de Interés Cultural]] site in 1988.<ref name="CBad"/> It is the headquarters of the [[Order of St. Clare]] in the city and lies in the heart of the old city. It was founded in 1518 by Ms. Leonor de Vega i Figueroa, under the blessing of [[Pope Leo X]], and belonged to the jurisdiction of the Franciscan province of San Miguel.<ref name="CBad">{{cite web|url=http://www.clarisasbadajoz.com/historia.htm|title=Historia|publisher=Clarisasbadajoz.com|access-date=11 July 2013|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521040549/http://www.clarisasbadajoz.com/historia.htm|archive-date=May 21, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to the tombstone in the grounds, Figueroa was abbess of the monastery for forty years until her death on April 17, 1558. She was buried in the grounds, until moved to the Cripta Real del Monasterio de El Escorial. The monastery underwent a major transformation in the 18th century although the original structure partly remains.<ref name="CBad"/> Outwardly, part of the building has buttresses and a tower with two bells. On the vault of the chancel stands a lookout tower with a lattice brick convent, topped with pinnacles. The church of the monastery has a single nave which was rebuilt in the late 17th century, and the presbytery is covered by a late Gothic rib vault dated to the first half of the 16th century.<ref name="CBad"/>
The church contains numerous altarpieces, imagery, paintings, and silverware.<ref name="CBad"/>