The St. Domingo Cloister
gets 100,000 visitors in two years after the reopening
The St. Domingo Cloister had been closed during
12 years for the building's restoration. The reopening was 2 years ago and the
building has been visited by 100,000 visitors.
During the restoration, the time limits were
postponed and developed in different phases. The works had 106,100 work hours
and an investment of 6, 5 millions of Euros.
Making the heart of the cultural activities in
the Jerez centre was the objective to this building, and it was an aim that the
city council got soon. Exhibitions, book presentations, meetings, conferences,
concerts, civil weddings, private cocktail parties, dinners, fashion shows,
flamenco ...... have been some of the activities that have been developed in
the Cloister.
The cloister construction began in 1430 and was
built over an old castle's walls (It could be a castle of the 12th century or
13th century). In fact, there is a horseshoe arch of the Islamic period that
was discovered in last restoration. It was a slow construction, because in the
15th century only the ground floor was finished. The cloister was one of the
most important cloister of Andalusia.
After the Mendizabal confiscation the monument
was bought by many owners and currently the Jerez city council is the owner.
You can get more information of the Cloister
and the St. Domingo church in the next link:
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