This former convent for the daughters of noble families was built between 1665
and 1675 to comply with the wishes of Princess Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont
(wife of Prince Louis I). The vaulted cloister of the original building has been
preserved. It then served as barracks for Sardinian garrisons during the
Revolution and until July 18th, 1860. Italian Jesuit fathers then used it as a college
from May 31st,1870, to July 1910.
On September 25th, 1910, a state school was founded by Prince Albert Ist to
counter religious establishments. Known as the “Lycée de Monaco”, it was
renamed by Prince Rainier III the “Lycée Albert Ier” on December 22nd, 1960, on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation.
Next to the Lycée Albert Ier, the Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation.
