Free discovery of the former Tribunal of the center of Neufchâteau

Name: Découverte libre de l'ancien Tribunal du centre de Neufchâteau
Start: 2021-09-18T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-19T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Ancien couvent de la Congrégation Notre-Dame, puis ancien tribunal

The visit of the former Tribunal, built at the beginning of the nineteenth century, in the former convent of the Augustinians, allows to discover a place where justice was rendered for more than two c

18 et 19 septembre 2021Passé

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The visit of the former Tribunal, built at the beginning of the nineteenth century, in the former convent of the Augustinians, allows to discover a place where justice was rendered for more than two centuries.

You will also find the preserved furniture, such as the chairs of the president and the judges, dating from the early 19th century and inscribed under the title of Historic Monuments.

À propos du lieu

Ancien couvent de la Congrégation Notre-Dame, puis ancien tribunal

26 Place Jeanne d'Arc, 88300 Neufchâteau

Vosges
Grand Est

In 1639, nuns of the congregation Notre-Dame, an order based(established) in 1597 by Pierre harbinger and Alix L clerk, leave Epinal to come settle down in Neufchâteau. Having become established in several houses of the street Verdunoise and obtained the confirmation of the foundation of their establishment in 1645, by letters patent of the duke Charles IV, they transfer the convent, undoubtedly at the end of the XVIIth century in the current place, between the place(square) Jeanne d'Arc and the street of the Comedy.
The Chapel of the "ladies Augustines", as they were named(appointed) in Neufchâteau, and very indeed all the buildings(ships) were built between 1760 and 1762, establishing(constituting) in 1790 “the more beautiful monastery of the city”. After Revolution, different allocations(appointments), at the origin of his(her,its) protection(saving), are nonetheless going to pull(entail) many internal transformations without denaturing his(her,its) external speed(look). In turn, the convent is transformed into gendarmerie, house of correction, court, etc. The old(former) small-claims court of Neufchâteau, as well as the music school between local councils and the room of the Comedy (the cinema La Scala), join this large all the buildings(ships) of the convent of the congregation Notre-Dame. The room of court is worth the bend to her alone with the old(former) stalls in oak of the XVIIIth century reused and its ceiling with softenings, decorated with plant motives in stucco.