A Cistercian convent dating from the 10th and 11th centuries, it was successively restored by the Augustinians, the Ursulines and the Trinitarians.
It was under the Ursulines that the building took on its present form, being enlarged as early as 1614 (donation to the order by Mr. Tadhey), first by one storey, then by four towards the end of the 17th century, when the nuns became more and more numerous.
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There was the convent itself with its cloister, the priory which served as a school for the region's young noblewomen (education and music), the farmhouse and the garden. Driven out by the Revolution in 1789 (the convent became a gendarmerie barracks), the Ursulines returned under the 1st
Empire, making way for the Trinitarian Sisters, who remained until 1905, when the Church and State separated.
Today, the farmhouse has become a magnificent private property, the prieuré, first bought by the city of Toulon to turn it into a children's home, then sold to a private individual. The garden houses the tomb of the Dukes of Blacas and the chapel (restored in the 19th century) the Simon Segal contemporary art museum.
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