Church of Santa Ana
Baroque church and former convent where a master sculptor chose to be buried beneath the threshold.
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This guide to the Church of Santa Ana in Málaga centers on Pedro de Mena, the Baroque sculptor who spent his final thirty years working just doors from here. It follows his daughters Andrea, Claudia and Juana, who entered this convent as nuns while their father kept carving devotional pieces for their private altars. When Mena lay dying in 1688, he made one unusual request about exactly where he wanted to be buried. Look down as you step through the doorway, at the flagstones where the timeline of his own grave still doesn't quite add up.
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