Museo Teresiano
Located below the Convento de Santa Teresa, which was built on the site of her childhood home, this scholarly museum preserves the garden where Teresa recalled her childhood joy at playing with her siblings. Among the museum’s more striking artifacts are painted portraits of Teresa by artists who were her contemporaries, as well as letters between Santa Teresa (strong and forceful penmanship!) and San Juan de la Cruz (a more meticulous but rather florid hand). The museum does a good job of placing Teresa in the context of 16th-century Roman Catholicism, and then tracing the influence of her thought down to the present day.
Located below the Convento de Santa Teresa, which was built on the site of her childhood home, this scholarly museum preserves the garden where Teresa recalled her childhood joy at playing with her siblings. Among the museum’s more striking artifacts are painted portraits of Teresa by artists who were her contemporaries, as well as letters between Santa Teresa (strong and forceful penmanship!) and San Juan de la Cruz (a more meticulous but rather florid hand). The museum does a good job of placing Teresa in the context of 16th-century Roman Catholicism, and then tracing the influence of her thought down to the present day.
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