08/10/2026
Hospedería Herrera del Duque
1st Prize International Ideas Competition
By acha zaballa architects
Cristina Acha & Miguel Zaballa
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On going
The convent is located in the extreme southeast of the town of Herrera del Duque. Herrera is a town with narrow streets, homogeneous, white architecture ... The convent, due to the passage of time and various vicissitudes, especially due to the confiscation of Mendizábal [1836] year from which the convent ceases to be inhabited and passes from a few private hands to others, has survived to this day, blurred and in a considerable state of disrepair.
The Administration, after long negotiations, manages to take over the property of the church and part of the original infirmary of the convent and with an unfortunate extension of the eighties.
The rest of preexistence, (interstitials) remain in private hands, crushed as single-family homes.
