Urban Exploration - The Convent of Clouds

We received photos from a traveler and compiled them into a historical summary.

This former convent has been completely pulverized by vandalism. For once, you can’t specifically blame the urbex community; it’s a place that is rarely visited. These things usually work like a passing fad, where everyone copies everyone else at breakneck speed, like crabs jumping onto a pair of balls.

The fact is, a few scattered descriptions made it clear that not much was to be expected. And true to form, it did not disappoint.

Consequently, the visit takes place among trash, hideous tags, and floorboards torn up and stolen across massive areas. Moreover, a large part of the structure is literally collapsing, making it a dangerous place, to say the least. Quite the festive occasion!

The site consists of a set of two relatively recent buildings. A 12th-century castle once stood on this very spot. The latter was razed and its stones reused to build this convent at the beginning of the 19th century.

No graves of the sisters remain in the town cemetery, and if there is a cemetery within the cloister walls, it will remain a complete mystery, as the area is a jungle.

Historical knowledge of this place is currently mediocre. In the 1970s, it served as a "maison familiale"—a holiday retreat center. Later, a gourmet restaurant was established, offering hotel accommodations within the sisters' former rooms. Although the concept was good and the local tourism had great potential, the business didn't last, and bankruptcy was admitted.

Since then, no other activities have been established. As a result, a judicial liquidation was declared, and all the furniture was sold at auction in the mid-2000s.

To this day, the chapel is still visible, but it has been totally disfigured by some disgusting tagger. You can also see the vast basement refectory and the two large workrooms once used for artisanal production.

Unfortunately, I have no further information available.