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Origin and history

The house located at 16 avenue du Maréchal-Foch in Narbonne is a vestige of the convent of the Bernardines of Notre-Dame des Olieux. Founded in 1204, this monastery was transferred to Narbonne in 1574 due to the wars of Religion. The nuns acquired this house in 1644, then owned by Jean de Brunes, the first known owner. The building, partially demolished in 1839, preserves two old walls with characteristic windows: a triple window in the middle of the 13th century and a 16th century door window.

The 13th century window, decorated with marble columns and capitals carved with heads of characters and foliage, suggests a late Romanesque influence. The 16th century, with its gables, reflects the architectural evolutions of the Renaissance. After the Revolution, the convent was transformed into a barracks, then the route of Avenue du Capitole in the 19th century reduced the building to these two walls, now protected since 1946.

The architectural details, such as the capitals representing goats or goats, and the vegetable friezes, bear witness to a neat craft. Despite its fragmentary state, this monument illustrates the evolution of styles between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, as well as the upheavals associated with religious wars and modern urbanization.

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