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The former convent of the Recollets de Conflans-sur-Lanterne, located in the department of Haute-Saône in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, was built in the 1st quarter of the 18th century. The Recollets, a reformed Franciscan order, settled there from the beginning of this century, and the convent was first mentioned in 1721. This monastic place of life reflected the influence of begging orders in small rural towns, where they played a spiritual, educational and charitable role with local populations.

In 1792, in the context of revolutionary laws on the property of the clergy, the convent was sold as a national good. It was acquired by Charles Henry, justice of the peace, who transformed it into a residential castle. The architectural modifications included a nine-archcade courtyard façade and a doric porch on the garden, while the original church disappeared. These transformations illustrate the frequent destiny of ecclesiastical goods during the Revolution, often converted into private homes.

The building was partially protected as historical monuments in 1987, notably for its facades, its roofs, and interior elements (lambing, chimneys, rooms of the period Directoire and Louis XVI). Four pots of fire, coming from the castle of Saint-Rémy, were also included in this protection. Today, the site preserves traces of its dual heritage: religious by its origin, and aristocratic by its post-revolutionary reconversion.

The location of the convent, 6 rue du Principal in Conflans-sur-Lanterne, makes it an architectural and historical testimony of the Haute-Saône. Its geographical accuracy, estimated at 8/10, makes it possible to consider visits or heritage studies, although the practical information (opening, services) is not detailed in the available sources.

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