Les Grandes Murailles

This section of wall is the elegant remains of an imposing Dominican convent, built in the 13th century. It included a church, a cloister, a chapter house and a bell tower. It was deliberately destroyed barely a century later, at the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, because of its proximity to the fortified enclosure. Taken by the enemy, it would have been a choice support point to the greatest disadvantage of the city. The Dominicans then found a better shelter within the walls.