WALL OF THE FRENCH DISAPPEARED IN ALGERIA (1954 UNTIL 1963)

The Convent of the Poor Clares, also known as the Convent of St Clare, is a large religious building in the town.
The monastery, located outside the walls, was ravaged during the siege of 1475. The nuns appealed to Charles V, who had the convent built in the mid-16th century. Its architecture is very medieval: the church with its flat chevet had the structure of a southern Gothic church. The remains of the cloister feature semi-circular arches. Nationalised in 1792, transformed into a civil prison from 1805 to 1986, the building became communal.

Group visits by appointment.