Located at No. 10 Place Crespin, the former Capuchin convent unfortunately burned down in 2012. Now redeveloped into private housing, it was built with stones from the old castle.
Large private gardens adjoin this former convent.
For Louis Lagravère, passionate about archeology and local life, “it is an exceptional monument and Vicois heritage which disappeared in this fire at 10, place Crespin”.
It thus reveals the history of this property:
In the XNUMXth century, the Capuchin monks had two convents: one in Auch and one in Nogaro.
When they stopped at Vic-Fezensac, they were hosted by the widow Marie Cassaignolles who ended up giving them, in 1738, the house which was on the site which had just burned.
In 1750, Father Pascal went to Paris to Madame De Pompadour and obtained from the king the ruins of the Château Comtal (east of the old hospital, part of the pits which is today's Place Crespin) and also money.
He built, with free materials, the convent that we know today with the large adjoining gardens which overlook avenue Edmond-Bergès and the chapel, of which d'Etigny laid the first stone in 1760.
The monks were never very numerous, only 3 or 4 lived there.
At the Revolution, two remained and all of the buildings were sold in 1790-91 as national property.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Bourdère family set up an Armagnac business and Ferdinand Bourdère, in the room on the first floor of his building which would be a performance hall, painted a fresco on the largest section of the wall representing Place Crespin with very bright colors.
Today, this fresco has completely disappeared in the fire. The other family that occupied this site was the Brana-Collongues, in the northern part.
In 1940, Mr. Oblin, an Armagnac merchant, bought the largest part along Place Crespin, which is also called “Les Capucins” and which was acquired in 1976 by Jean Marchesin, who transformed it into a butcher's shop.
The northern part, on the rue du 11-Novembre side, which has remained intact and which will recall the memory of this historic monument, belongs to the Pupin family.
For Louis Lagravère, passionate about archeology and local life, “it is an exceptional monument and Vicois heritage which disappeared in this fire at 10, place Crespin”.
It thus reveals the history of this property:
In the XNUMXth century, the Capuchin monks had two convents: one in Auch and one in Nogaro.
When they stopped at Vic-Fezensac, they were hosted by the widow Marie Cassaignolles who ended up giving them, in 1738, the house which was on the site which had just burned.
In 1750, Father Pascal went to Paris to Madame De Pompadour and obtained from the king the ruins of the Château Comtal (east of the old hospital, part of the pits which is today's Place Crespin) and also money.
He built, with free materials, the convent that we know today with the large adjoining gardens which overlook avenue Edmond-Bergès and the chapel, of which d'Etigny laid the first stone in 1760.
The monks were never very numerous, only 3 or 4 lived there.
At the Revolution, two remained and all of the buildings were sold in 1790-91 as national property.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Bourdère family set up an Armagnac business and Ferdinand Bourdère, in the room on the first floor of his building which would be a performance hall, painted a fresco on the largest section of the wall representing Place Crespin with very bright colors.
Today, this fresco has completely disappeared in the fire. The other family that occupied this site was the Brana-Collongues, in the northern part.
In 1940, Mr. Oblin, an Armagnac merchant, bought the largest part along Place Crespin, which is also called “Les Capucins” and which was acquired in 1976 by Jean Marchesin, who transformed it into a butcher's shop.
The northern part, on the rue du 11-Novembre side, which has remained intact and which will recall the memory of this historic monument, belongs to the Pupin family.