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Ancien couvent des Carmes

Castelnaudary, Aude, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Restes du cloître (deux chapiteaux et colonnettes en marbre blanc, quatre arcades) : inscription par arrêté du 14 avril 1948
Protection dates
1948/04/14 : inscrit MH
Type
couvent
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Castelnaudary
Département
Aude
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.31999, 1.95453
Mérimée reference
PA00102626

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "19 Carcassonne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Dans son histoire de Castelnaudary, le major Connac indique que les Carmes se seraient installés à Castelnaudary entre 1248 et 1267, mais aucun document officiel les mentionnant n'est antérieur à 1334. Leur couvent et leur église furent détruits lors de l'incendie de la ville par le prince Noir en 1355. Le couvent se composait d'une grande église à huit chapelles latérales, de logis, d'un cloître à l'ouest de l'église et de magasins à l'ouest de ce cloître. Au nord de ce cloître, une autre église, orientée est-ouest, fut bâtie en 1611 pour abriter la confrérie des Pénitents Gris. L'église des Carmes a été rasée après la Révolution. Celle des Pénitents Gris a été transformée en habitations. Les logements des moines sont devenus l'hôtel Fourcade. Des maisons ont été construites à l'emplacement des magasins en 1796. Des chapiteaux en marbre sculptés de feuillages sont conservés dans le cloître.

English translation

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In his history of Castelnaudary, Major Connac indicates that the Carmelites would have settled in Castelnaudary between 1248 and 1267, but no official document mentioning them is earlier than 1334. Their convent and church were destroyed in the fire of the city by the Black Prince in 1355. The convent consisted of a large church with eight lateral chapels, dwellings, a cloister to the west of the church and warehouses to the west of this cloister. To the north of this cloister, another church, oriented east-west, was built in 1611 to house the confraternity of the Grey Penitents. The church of the Carmelites was demolished after the Revolution. That of the Grey Penitents was converted into dwellings. The lodgings of the monks became the Fourcade hotel. Houses were built at the location of the warehouses in 1796. Marble capitals sculpted with foliage are preserved in the cloister.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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