Visit of the Carmelites

Name: Visita a los Carmelitas
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Couvent des Carmes

Discover the life of the Carmelites through many activities

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©Mairie d'Avon

Free visit, discovery of Father Jacques and botanical visit. From 2pm to 5.30pm: -Free visit of the Father Jacques Memorial and the garden of the convent. -Guided tour of the premises. At 2.30pm and 4pm screening of the documentary “by the Cross towards the Light” (52’).

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Couvent des Carmes

1 rue Père-Jacques 77210 Avon

Seine-et-Marne
Île-de-France

The Convent of the Carmelites, occupies a former Hospital founded in 1662 by Anne of Austria, enlarged by Louis XIV, then Louis XVI. Formerly called "La Charité d'Avon" it was built on a plot containing a water mill. Louis XIV, at the request of Queen Anne of Austria, bought it and made a donation to Brother Saint-Jean de Dieu, to build a hospital, with the income from the mill to cover his expenses. The hospital experienced successive enlargements until the revolution, thanks in particular to the generosity of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
In 1792 the establishment fell into ruin and the Directory declared its dissolution in 1796\. In 1860 "La Charité d'Avon" was entrusted to the Redemptorists who made it a mission. When they were expelled, they left Charity, which returned to a convent in 1920 with the installation of the Carmelites. During the last war, the Carmelites distinguished themselves with the intervention of Father James to save Jewish children. The episode will be covere