Foundation of the convent 1629 (≈ 1629)
Creation by the Ursulines of Limoges.
1683
Date engraved on the chapel
Date engraved on the chapel 1683 (≈ 1683)
Initial blessing in 1629.
1793
Community Dissolution
Community Dissolution 1793 (≈ 1793)
End of religious activity.
1833
Conversion to college
Conversion to college 1833 (≈ 1833)
Boys' welcome until 1913.
28 décembre 1984
Registration for historical monuments
Registration for historical monuments 28 décembre 1984 (≈ 1984)
Partial site protection.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The following parts of the former college bounded to the south by the rue des Ursulines and to the west by the alley leading from the rue des Ursulines to the rue de la Collegiale: facades, roofs and galleries; the main staircase with its cage and the spiral staircase serving the kitchen; the kitchen on the ground floor and the ceilings currently enclosed in the other rooms on the ground floor (see AH 273, 280, 561, 564, 565): inscription by order of 28 December 1984
Key figures
Évêque de Limoges - Religious Founder
Initiator of the convent in 1629.
Ursulines de Limoges - Founding religious order
Creators of the house of Eymoutiers.
Origin and history
The Ursulines d'Eymoutiers convent was founded in 1629 by the Ursulines of Limoges, under the impulse of the bishop of Limoges. The buildings, erected in the seventeenth century, housed a religious community dedicated to the free education of girls until the Revolution. The chapel, blessed as early as 1629, bears the date of 1683 on its façade, while a project of development in 1772 never arose. The community was dissolved in 1793, marking the end of its initial vocation.
Between 1833 and 1913, the place was transformed into a boys' college and then into a hospital during the First World War (1913-1918). From 1920 to 1950, the site will house a communal school. The architecture, characteristic of the convents of the period, includes two square wings with arches in the middle of the hanger on the ground floor, and original frames. The convent was partially listed as a historical monument on 28 December 1984, preserving its remarkable facades, roofs, galleries and interior elements.
Today, the building welcomes the town hall of Eymoutiers, while maintaining traces of its religious and educational past. Protected areas include facades, roofs, galleries, as well as interior elements such as kitchen and side ceilings. The site, a mixed property (municipal and private), remains a major architectural and historical testimony of the Haute-Vienne.
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