The new headquarters chosen for the Institute of Archeology of Mérida is the old Convento de las Freylas. The Old Freylas Convent in Santiago, construction originating in the first third of the 16th century, is attached to the western façade of the medieval church of Santa Eulalia._x000D_ The land occupies a 1,632 m2 plot between patios, gardens and corrals, but its useful area is 800 m2 distributed on two floors around a central patio.