Ancestral Sites Tour - Heart of the Convento

This open flagstone patio marked the heart of the convento. The walkway around it was covered. The rooms surrounding it had various uses. The kitchen and dining room were in the far left corner. Rooms with fireplaces were sleeping rooms, while others may have been workrooms or storerooms.  

The drain in the patio is original and dates from the first convento. Water ran off the sloped roof of the passageway into the patio and collected in the drain, which led to a cistern at the other end of the convento.