Couvent des Minimes, Historical monument in Saint-Jacques district, Perpignan, France.

Couvent des Minimes is a convent in Perpignan featuring a large double-level brick cloister with a paved courtyard at its center. A water cistern occupies the middle of this courtyard, serving as the focal point of the complex's design.

The convent was founded in 1573 by the Castilian Minim Pedro de Valdés on land of the former Jewish call, with royal and private donations; nearly ten houses were demolished to clear the site. Construction began in 1575, the church was completed in 1685, the conventual buildings in 1620 and the cloister between 1617 and 1665. After the monks left in 1791, the military intendancy took over the buildings, which served as army barracks until the city acquired them; the army returned the convent to the municipality in 1988.

The site now serves as an International Center for Photojournalism, hosting the Visa pour l'Image festival each September for documentary photographers. Visitors encounter exhibitions and events that celebrate photojournalistic work in this historic setting.

The convent stands between Rue François Rabelais, Rue de l'Académie and Rue Saint-François-de-Paule, on the slope of the Puig Sant Jaume near the old ramparts. The former convent garden is now a car park. The church was split by a floor, so its real size (16 m high, 11 m wide, 25 m long) is hard to grasp.

Archaeological digs in the 1990s revealed multiple ground levels and pottery fragments from the 16th century beneath the structure. These discoveries provide evidence of the site's layered past and former inhabitants.