Sancti Spiritu Hospital

This building was originally the monastery of the Holy Trinity, ceded by the Bishopric of Sigüenza in the 12th century to the deacon Arnaldo of the Hospitaller Order, and it was here that the hospital originated. However, the curiosity is found in that there was not only one hospital, but two, being the one built in the late twelfth century of San Lazaro, which was rather a chapel that served as a hospital for pilgrims, in addition to having its religious functions. The other hospital, the Sancti Spiritu, was built in the 16th century after Pope Gregory X founded the confraternity of the Sancti Spiritu in 1565 and Gregory XIII a few years later granted its members certain indulgences in order to assist the sick and raise foundlings (abandoned infants or infants exposed to exposure, neglect). In 1735, due to the ruinous state of San Lázaro, a reconstruction took place that united both buildings originating the new hospital Sancti Spiritu. Due to the disentailment, it had to cede its assets to the State and became dependent on charity until it ceased to function at the end of the 19th century due to lack of means. In 1913 the Religiosas de la Divina Pastora took over the building and established a school for girls and kindergartners that would be transferred to Madrid in the sixties, leaving the building in a semi-ruinous state, until the end of the last century when it was rebuilt to give rise to the current residence for the elderly.