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Old Ursuline Convent Description

In Chartres Street is the Ursuline Convent, built about 1735. Adjoining is St Mary's Church (1780) and opposite, the Beauregard-Keyes House, built in 1826.

The Ursuline Convent was built for the Ursuline nuns who came from France at the request of King Louis XV. The nun's cared for the city's needy and taught the children of the plantation aristocracy.

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Address

Old Ursuline Convent
1100 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70116-2596
United States

Map Old Ursuline Convent

Phone 1 (504) 529-3040
Fax 1 (504) 529-2001

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