The congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph settled in Bourg-en-Bresse in 1824, in what is now Rue du Lycée, where they purchased the ruins of the former medieval Dominican (or Jacobin) convent, destroyed during the Terror.
The famous "Porte des Jacobins", a beautiful Gothic arcade dating from the early 15th century, remains from this past.
The nuns entrusted the reconstruction project to government architect Louis Dupasquier. The work lasted until the Second Empire, enabling the convent to become one of the city's finest architectural ensembles. In 1847, the nuns created a secondary school, followed by specialized teaching, which became the Institut des Jeunes Sourds de Bourg-en-Bresse (Bourg-en-Bresse Institute for the Young Deaf), a benchmark for the entire region. The vocational high school was launched in 1942.
The neo-Gothic Saint-Joseph chapel is located on the same site as the Dominican friars' chapel, from which it takes some of the remains. It sometimes opens its doors for concerts or during the European Heritage Days.
The nuns entrusted the reconstruction project to government architect Louis Dupasquier. The work lasted until the Second Empire, enabling the convent to become one of the city's finest architectural ensembles. In 1847, the nuns created a secondary school, followed by specialized teaching, which became the Institut des Jeunes Sourds de Bourg-en-Bresse (Bourg-en-Bresse Institute for the Young Deaf), a benchmark for the entire region. The vocational high school was launched in 1942.
The neo-Gothic Saint-Joseph chapel is located on the same site as the Dominican friars' chapel, from which it takes some of the remains. It sometimes opens its doors for concerts or during the European Heritage Days.
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