Ecole

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History

Benedictine abbey from the 9th to the 18th century, reformed by the Maurists in 1642. A college was opened in 1682. In 1776, it was converted into a royal military school and remained so until the end of the 18th century. In 1854, the school was taken over by Lacordaire and the Dominicans. The ensemble of buildings is organized around interior courtyards, developed from the abbey buildings existing in the 17th century, modified in the 18th and 19th centuries. The 17th century abbey comprised the church bordering the cloister to the north, surrounded by buildings separated from a courtyard situated to the west. A building block, perpendicular to this first ensemble, furnished with a tower at each end, housed the seminary. In the 18th century, the courtyard became a courtyard of honour; the abbot's residence was constructed around a patio at the north-west angle of the church and the seminary became one of the wings of the Collets Rouges courtyard. The 19th century added dependencies to the north and south-west notably the Lacordaire chapel and connected the East façade of the courtyard with the two perpendicular wings. The building retained interior decorative plasterwork.