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On
the
same
site
as
the
current
convent,
in
the
old
Arrixaca
suburb
outside
the
city
walls,
a
monastery
of
Augustinian
nuns
was
founded
in
1398,
also
dedicated
to
Saint
Anne.
However,
the
arrival
of
the
Dominican
nuns
to
Murcia
occurred
in
1490,
coming
from
Jaén,
sponsored
by
the
dean
of
the
Cathedral
Martín
Selva.
This
was
the
one
who
donated
the
land
they
occupy
today,
becoming
their
patron.
Despite
its
origins
in
the
15th
century,
the
current
building
is
the
third
that
the
congregation
has
had.
It
was
at
the
beginning
of
the
18th
century,
between
1728
and
1738,
when
the
work
on
the
definitive
building
that
we
can
see
was
carried
out,
whose
authors
were
Fray
Antonio
de
San
José
and
Toribio
Martínez
de
la
Vega.
The
convent
church,
the
only
visitable
part
of
the
complex,
is
simple
and
functional
in
its
structures,
which
justifies
the
success
of
the
model,
repeated
in
other
temples
in
the
city,
already
defined
in
the
17th
century
in
the
Church
of
San
Miguel.
Enclosed
in
a
rectangular
perimeter,
the
church
is
conceived
as
a
Latin
cross
with
a
large
nave,
accompanied
along
its
route
by
other
narrower
sides.
In
elevation,
a
hierarchical
space
can
be
seen
that
favors
the
large
nave
and
the
transept,
whose
heights
allow
the
superimposition
of
wide
arches
for
the
opening
of
the
side
naves
and
galleries.
But
what
really
highlights
the
elevations
of
the
walls
is
their
elegant
articulation
based
on
a
giant
order
of
pilasters.
The
central
section
of
the
transept
is
magnified
with
a
high
dome
on
pendentives.
However,
the
main
baroque
style
of
its
interior
comes
from
the
decoration,
of
great
beauty
and
finesse.
The
plasterwork
stands
out,
especially
reserved
for
the
colorful
capitals
of
the
pilasters,
carved
in
1738
by
the
carver
José
Ganga
Ripoll,
also
the
author
of
the
main
altarpiece,
which
explains
the
repetition
of
motifs
and
ornaments
(such
as
the
coat
of
arms
of
the
Dominican
Order).
.
He
also
made
the
stone
doorways
on
the
sides
of
the
main
chapel.
Another
very
characteristic
element
of
the
Anas
church
is
the
outlined
blue
decoration;
loops
and
stylized
vegetal
forms
that
describe
curved,
countercurved
and
intertwined
rhythms
that
decorate
the
interiors
of
the
pilasters,
arches
and
friezes
and
highlight
the
lines
or
edges
of
the
vaults.
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