Ávila - Monasterio de Santo Tomás

From San Pedro the Paseo de Santo Tomás runs southeast to the Dominican convent of Santo Tomás, founded in 1483 by María Dávila and Tomás de Torquemada following his appointment as the first Grand Inquisitor of Spain. The Catholic Monarchs also used it as a summer residence. From the outside the church looks austere and cold; the only decoration on the façade is provided by ball friezes and the emblem of the Catholic Monarchs (a yoke and sheaf of arrows).