Welcome Hall – Shopping

Welcome Hall – Shopping

The Museum houses a shop where you will find the complete works (also separated), biographies, poetry books, and other publications by/about St John of the Cross and other Carmel saints. Other souvenirs and objects are also available in the...
Room I – Sacristy. St John of the Cross’ relics

Room I – Sacristy. St John of the Cross’ relics

Located in the former sacristy of the Carmelite monastery, it is a modest space that shelters some important relics, as well as other objects —the chasuble with which he used to celebrate the Eucharist, and the table on which his corpse was put after his...
Room II – The Basilica of St John of the Cross

Room II – The Basilica of St John of the Cross

It is the first temple built in honour of Fray John of the Cross. Craftsmen Brothers helped to construct this pure Baroque-style altarpiece. Over the choir loft was situated the cell where the Brother John died, as well as the sepulchre in which he was buried until...
Room III – The Iconography of St John of the Cross

Room III – The Iconography of St John of the Cross

Through the paintings and sculptures of St John of the Cross, going from the 17th century to our days, you will observe a varied iconography —the saint is represented as a writer, a mystic, holding the cross… Around this rich artistic outlook, the true portrait of the...