Barcelona - Santa Anna

In a narrow street a little to the east of the Plaça de Catalunya stands the Convent of Santa Anna, founded in the 12th C. by the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and dissolved in 1835. The cloister and chapter-house, both of which still remain, were built in the 15th C.; many other parts from the same period were pulled down in the 19th C. Originally Romanesque in style, the church has a cruciform ground plan and rectangular choir. The interior has round arches and was partially altered in the 14th C.; its small Romanesque windows provide little light. The tabernacle is a copy of the 15th/16th C. original, which has long since disappeared.

The 14th C. Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament lies to the left of the entrance. In it will be found some modern paintings and a 15th C. burial group.

From the church there is access to the cloister and thence to the chapter-house.