Anne d'Autriche, king Louis XIII's mother, gave birth to her first child (later king Louis XIV) after trying for 23 years. She had a church build in order to…
Anne of Austria, the young and very Catholic queen of France, brought up at the Spanish court. was a great friend of Marguerite de Veni d’Arbouze, a Benedictine…
The reforming work of Mother Marguerite de Veni d'Arbouze was used as a model for religious communities during this period: in her monastery, she re-established…
On April 1 1645 Louis XIV laid the first stone of the church of Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce, dedicated to the nativity. Designed by F. Mansart, the…
A building terminated by an octogonal tower links the church to the cloister.
Park.
From 1624, the chatellanie des Bourbons, once under the control of the Valois, was adapted to the new needs of the religious community by the construction of…
Monastery.
Monastery.
Monastery.
The cloister garden was restored in 1992 based on the original drawings.
Cloister.
