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Origin and history

The convent of the Clarisses de Lauzerte occupies a building whose façade, dated from the 15th century, features a door in a braid and crumb windows. Inside, monumental chimneys and adorned beams, typical of this period, remain. The site also retains a bell tower and a partially rebuilt structure between the late 15th and early 16th centuries. This historical monument illustrates late medieval religious architecture, adapted later to monastic uses.

The convent officially settled in 1623 thanks to a donation, and was founded in 1624 by Jeanne de Dadie and Antoinette Jeanne de Montdenart. In 1668, it included a cloister, a house for twenty nuns, a room for the confessor, and a garden to be enclosed. Work is then planned to build the church, the sacristy, and renovate the cover of the cloister. In the 19th century, the site was converted into a gendarmerie, marking a radical change of vocation.

The protection of the monument covers the façade and the floor of the first floor, classified in 1924. Today the departmental property, its exact address (19 Grand-Rue, Lauzerte) and its state of conservation reflect its heritage importance, despite a GPS location deemed "a priori satisfactory". Sources also mention a possible contemporary reuse (visits, rentals), without additional precision.

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