"FREE VISIT for anyone who wants to visit. Guided and group tours are available.
The entrance gate is located between the Church of Sant Francisco and the Clínica de los Remedios.

The church remains of the old convent, along with a cloister and the cistern where rainwater was collected.
Construction began in 1609 and was inaugurated in 1612.
It was initially formed by a community of 28 Franciscan friars.
They manufactured textiles, which supplied the Franciscan communities of Catalonia.
In 1855, the sacristy was demolished and a prison was built.
In 1862, the textile factory was used as a Civil Guard barracks.

The cloister is square, with a ground floor and two upper floors. On the ground floor, there are twenty-six perfectly preserved polychrome ceramic panels in vaults from 1617-1673 by the Barcelona pottery workshop of Llorenç Passoles. The ceramic collection focuses on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi: only two panels of his death and canonization are ornamental.
His biography:
Francis (1182-1226), son of a wealthy textile merchant from Assisi, received education and training in the arts of war. At the age of 17, he participated in a battle and was captured. Upon his release, he decided to help people, in poverty and humility, imitating Christ, and founded the Franciscan order in 1209. Two years after his death, Pope Gregory IX canonized him. In 1211, the order was established in Catalonia.

Currently, the former Convent of Sant Francesc is part of a large social, healthcare, and educational complex, run by the San Lázaro Hospital Foundation, which includes a hospital for chronic patients, a social-health center for terminally ill, convalescent, and long-stay patients; the Nursing School, located in the former Clínica del Remedio (Remedy Clinic); the Sant Llàtzer Primary Care Center (PCC), and a Mental Health Day Hospital; and the relocation of the Alba Association (2002) with a day center for drug addicts and a "crisis unit" for hospitalization.

Since October 2003, the cloister of the Convent of Sant Francesc has been a section of the Terrassa Museum, which offers visitors the possibility of visiting it.

History of each panel: (I've included photos of all of them) 🤩

WEST GALLERY: Conversion of Francis of Bernardone

1. The birth of Francis in a stable
2. The mantle's homage to the young Francis
3. The dream of military glory
4. The first vision of Christ crucified
5. The Virgin Mary gives the Child Jesus to Francis
6. The renunciation of earthly goods

SOUTH GALLERY: Approval and expansion of the order

7. Ornamental panel with the coat of arms of Peter of Fizes
8. The dreams of Pope Innocent III
9. Francis between Peter and Paul in Rome
10. The revelation of the crucifix at San Damiano
11. Confirmation of the plenary indulgence at the Porziuncola
12. The conversion of Friar Pacifico
13. The temptation of the flesh and of the family

EAST GALLERY: Penances and Miracles
14. Francis beaten by devils and comforted by an angel
15. Francis' sermon to the birds and fishes
16. The conversion of water from a well into wine
17. Divine love scorches Francis of Assisi
18. Francis rubs his body in brambles
19. Francis paraded naked through the streets of Assisi

NORTH GALLERY: Humility of Francis
20. Ornamental panel with the coat of arms of Peter of Fizes
21. The extreme humility of the saint of Assisi
22. The stigmatization of Francis
23. The death of Francis and his heavenly reception
24. The vision of Francis in a chariot of fire
25. Francis freeing souls from purgatory
26. Discovery of Francis's incorrupt body"

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"It's really not what I expected. It's a very pretty place, but completely neglected. You can't even see the entrance because you enter through an area that houses a center for people with mental health issues. It has some very beautiful murals. It's a shame it's so dirty and neglected."

G Sánz

"The Convent of Sant Francesc d'Assís, of Recollected Friars Minor, began construction in 1609 and was inaugurated in 1612. Baroque style with Gothic and Renaissance traces.
Currently, the old convent of Sant Francesc is part of a large social, health and educational complex, governed by the Hospital de Sant Llàtzer Foundation: with the hospital for chronic patients, a socio-health center for terminally ill, convalescent and long-stay patients; the School of Nursing, located in the old Clínica del Remei, the CAP Sant Llàtzer and a Mental Health Day Hospital; and the transfer of the Alba Association (2002) with a day center for drug addicts and a "crisis unit", for hospitalization.
Since October 2003, the cloister of the convent of Sant Francesc has been a section of the Terrassa Museum that manages the possibility of it being visited."

Pere N.