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Nun walking under the arches of Pedralbes monastery

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Within the city limits of Barcelona, you can find a beautiful, peaceful and quiet monastery, a centuries old retreat from the dynamic city and still home to Poor Clare nuns today.
Upon passing through the gate leading up to the monastery, it seems that you step back in time and into a quiet place, far from the outside world. In fact, a monastery was founded here in the 14th century - which became part of the city when Barcelona expanded in the 19th and 20th century. Founded by Jaime II and Queen Elisenda de Moncada, the monastery was home to the Clarisas, or the Poor Clares. It was called Pedras Albas or white stone - whence its name Pedralbes. The palace in which Elisenda lived, was destroyed according to her will after she died in 1367. During the Reaper's War around the mid-17th century, the nuns were expulsed and had to seek refuge somewhere else. Still now, some nuns live in the monastery.
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