Initial construction XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Period of foundation of the college.
12 décembre 1946
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 12 décembre 1946 (≈ 1946)
Protection of facades, wells and stairs.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Façades on the courtyard towards the street; wells and staircases (cad. B 420): entry by order of 12 December 1946
Origin and history
The Narbonne Girls' College, listed as a Historic Monument, consists of two separate buildings. The first, overlooking Bonnel Street, preserves a court of honour and 17th century facades, decorated with mouldings, doucins and arcades in the middle of the hangar. The building also houses a historic staircase and a well, which were protected by a decree in 1946. The bays, framed with finely carved stones, reflect the refined civil architecture of the time.
The second, more modern building occupies the site of the old Logis de l'Ange and opens on the right street with a gate. Only this entry remains of the original structure, the rest having been rebuilt. The Bonnel street gate, on the other hand, gives access to a small inner courtyard, where the facades retain their original ordinance. The ensemble illustrates the architectural evolution of the site, between 17th century heritage and subsequent transformations.
Owned by the commune of Narbonne, the college is located at 3 rue Bonnel, in a dense heritage area. Its inscription in the inventory of Historical Monuments in 1946 specifically concerns the facades on courtyard, well and stairway, testimonies of the period arrangements. The accuracy of its geographical location is estimated to be fair (note 5/10), based on available data.
The monument is part of the educational and urban history of Narbonne, a city marked by its role as a commercial and cultural hub in Languedoc. The girls' colleges, which gradually appeared from the seventeenth century onwards, reflected the evolution of habits and access to education for women, although they were reserved for the well-off classes. This type of establishment also helped to structure the local social fabric.
Today, the building retains a public vocation, although information about its access (visits, rentals) is not specified in the sources. Its architecture, combining classical elements and redevelopments, offers a representative example of the ancient school heritage in Occitanie, where the medieval and modern heritage often coexists.
