Reference code
IE CA CP/1/1/2/1/32
Title
Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, Madrid, Spain
Date(s)
- 1931 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Black and white print
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
An image of the destroyed exterior of the Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (a De La Salle Brothers’ school) in Madrid, Spain. The building was destroyed during anticlerical riots in the Spanish capital in May 1931. Between 10 May and 13 May 1931, over one hundred convents and other religious buildings were destroyed in an event known as the 'Burning of the Convents'.