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  6. Monastery of the Ladies of the Assumption of Saint Dizier

 Monastery of the Ladies of the Assumption of Saint Dizier à Saint-Dizier en Haute-Marne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Monastère

Monastery of the Ladies of the Assumption of Saint Dizier

    Rue Godard-Jeanson
    52100 Saint-Dizier
Ownership of a public institution
Museums of France
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Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Monastère des Dames-de-lAssomption de Saint-Dizier
Crédit photo : Aimelaime - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1863
Construction of buildings
1866
Blessing of the chapel
1870
Military hospital during the war
20 mai 1901
Fire of the convent
2 mars 1981
Classification of the chapel
2004
Transformation into archives
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The entire chapel (Box CP 84): inscription by decree of 2 March 1981

Key figures

Mère Marie-Eugénie - Founder of the Congregation Present to the blessing of 1866.
M. Robert-Dehault - Mayor of Saint-Dizier Initiator of the installation of nuns.
Mgr Guérin - Bishop of Langres Blessed the first stone in 1866.
Hubert Fisbalq - Owner Architect of the monastery.

Origin and history

The Assumption Monastery of Saint Dizier is a former convent founded in the 3rd quarter of the 19th century on a site dedicated to the hospital since the 12th century. In 1863 the Ladies of the Assumption, a teaching congregation, bought the land to build a convent and a school for girls. The chapel, erected in 1866, is blessed in the presence of Bishop Guérin of Langres, Mother Marie-Eugénie (founder), and Mayor Robert-Dehault. Eight students entered the school from the first school year.

During the 1870 war, the convent served as a military hospital but was looted by the Prussians. In 1901, a fire ravaged the site, and the nuns left the site under pressure from anti-clerical laws of the Third Republic. The city purchased the monastery in 1907 and transformed it into a general hospital from 1911. The nuns returned briefly in 1954, but to another site. The decommissioned chapel saw its furniture sold in the 1990s.

The chapel has been listed as a historic monument since 1981, and retains its marble master altar, Gothic frescoes and original pavement. The windows and roof were restored in 2001-2002. Since 2004, it has been home to municipal archives. The site, with an area of seven hectares, is now under development for housing and offices.

The architect Hubert Fisbalq is mentioned as the project manager. The convent illustrates the tensions between Church and State under the Third Republic, as well as the successive conversions of religious heritage in France.

External links

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