Segovia - Convento de San Juan de la Cruz

Just beyond the Río Eresma bridge a narrow road goes off on the left to three ecclesiastical buildings. First, in a low-lying area to the left of the road, stands the massive 17th century pilgrimage church of the Virgen de la Fuencisla, beyond which is the Convento de San Juan de la Cruz, a house of Discalced Carmelites founded in 1576 by St John of the Cross, of which he was prior for some time; it is now an old people's home.