Couvent des Anglaises, Religious complex in 13th arrondissement of Paris, France

The Couvent des Anglaises at Rue des Tanneries is a religious building with traditional 17th-century architecture that includes cells and a cloister for monastic life. The complex displays the organized layout of a Benedictine community, with dedicated spaces for prayer and communal activities.

Seven English Benedictine nuns founded the convent in 1664 after fleeing religious persecution and settling in the Paris district. The community became a refuge for those seeking to maintain their monastic practices away from turmoil.

The name comes from the English Benedictine nuns who fled persecution in England and settled here in 1651, buying land in 1664. Short of money from 1774, the sisters made pastilles and mint alcohol for sale. A Histoire de Paris panel at no. 28 rue des Tanneries marks the site.

The convent no longer exists as a community: it was sold in 1799, partly demolished, and the surviving parts were converted into flats in the 20th century. What remains stands at 28 rue des Tanneries, in the 13th arrondissement; a Histoire de Paris plaque there recounts the site's history. The nearest metro station is Glacière.

Among those held at the "prison des Anglaises" were Marie-Louise O'Murphy, former mistress of Louis XV, the gaming-house owners Madame de Sainte-Amaranthe and her daughter, and the mother of Mirabeau. The nuns themselves were moved to the keep of Vincennes on 16 July 1794, then freed on 15 March 1795 and shipped to Dover that July.