The Gallery House and the Second Monastery of the Visitation

Name: The Gallery House and the Second Monastery of the Visitation
Start: 2022-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:15:00+02:00
Location: La Maison de la Galerie

The guide takes you behind the scenes of these places that are usually inaccessible to the public. Immerse yourself in their religious history, a landmark for our territory.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Limited number of places. Reservations open from 1 September

Registration

Guided tour by Jacqueline Montanier or Emmanuelle Roch, tour guides accredited by the Ministry of Culture, who accompany you all year round in your discovery of the heritage in Annecy "City of Art and History".
The "Cities and Countries of Art and History" label marks the national recognition of a territorial project that places heritage and architecture – its knowledge and valorization, as an essential element of cultural policy and urban development.
Duration: 45 minutes.
Go to the entrance of the Gallery chapel.
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About the location

La Maison de la Galerie

3 rue de la Providence Annecy

Haute-Savoie
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Slightly away from the Old Town, the House of the Gallery is sometimes called the Holy Source of the Order of the Visitation. It was in this house that Francis de Sales and Jeanne de Chantal founded the Order of the Visitation in 1610.
Originally, the house of the gallery is a pleasure home whose name comes from the closed gallery allowing to join the house to a meadow located on the edge of the lake. In 1610, it was acquired by Francis de Sales and Jeanne de Chantal to install the first Visitandine nuns. The cellar was then transformed into a chapel. In 1612, the house became too small. The nuns then settled inside the city walls. Incorporated into the second monastery when it was built in 1634, the house remained the property of the Visitandines until the end of the 18th century. In 1855, it was acquired by the Sisters of Saint Joseph.