Caermers monastry, Medieval monastery in Patershol district, Ghent, Belgium.

Caermers monastery is a former Carmelite complex in Ghent's Patershol district. Its pale stone buildings enclose a grassy courtyard in an L-shape, with a tall octagonal stair tower at the inner corner. The left wing has a steep slate roof with three stepped dormer gables, cross-mullioned upper windows and boarded lower openings; the right wing has tall arched ground-floor openings. A long brick wing with a slender round turret and conical roof faces the street.

Carmelite friars settled in Ghent in 1272 in the refuge of Cambron Abbey, and the church was built in 1328 with a choir added in 1474. Iconoclasts sacked it in 1566, and the French revolutionary authorities confiscated it in 1796. The infirmary and brewery followed between 1658 and 1661, and the second courtyard was rebuilt from 1717 to 1721.

The monastery reflects Carmelite traditions through its religious spaces and their close relationship with daily life in the medieval quarter. Visitors can see how the building fits naturally into the surrounding community rather than standing apart from it.

The monastery is located on Vrouwebroersstraat near the Gravensteen fortress and can be reached by walking through narrow medieval streets. Wear comfortable shoes since the pathways are tight and uneven.

The infirmary, built in 1661, is supported under its cornice by carved oak satyr heads, no two with the same expression. A special construction let patients in the upstairs ward follow services in the chapel. Since 1989 the building has housed the European Puppet Theatre Centre.