Former monastery of Carmel

Name: Former monastery of Carmel
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Le Carmel - Maison du Patrimoine

Discovery of the life of the Carmelites and the buildings

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

By reservation

Registration

03 22 20 29 69

Let yourself be told the daily life of the Carmelite nuns and the secrets of the place during a visit out of time.
Saturday and Sunday | 14H-17H (departures every 30 min) Free | By reservation in front of the chapel (courtyard of the Carmel)

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Le Carmel - Maison du Patrimoine

36 rue des Capucins - 80100 Abbeville

Somme
Hauts-de-France

The convent of Amiens that cannot any more face(deal with) candidates' influx, one decides on it to build a new in Abbeville. The first sisters Carmelites arrive from 1636\. After revolutionary period, the community settles down in the old(former) convent of the Capuchin friars, in the eponym street, in 1821\. Over the years, the nuns restore him(it) and transform it into regular carmel. Not be numerous enough any more to live in the building, they leave places in 1998, date to which the City comes purchaser of property. Today the Carmel finds a second life by becoming the House of Heritage.