Couvent des Ursulines d'Amiens, Convent in Amiens, France

The Couvent des Ursulines d'Amiens is a former convent in Amiens, France. Its brick facade with light stone trim features a carved pediment above a frieze inscribed "GENDARMERIE NATIONALE", a wide stone balcony with iron railing, and tall windows with dark grilles.

The Ursulines founded their convent here in 1614, and the chapel was begun a decade later under Bishop François Lefèvre de Caumartin. After the Revolution, the buildings were taken over by the gendarmerie, which enlarged them in the 1850s.

The name Ursulines comes from the teaching order of Saint Ursula, and the site still carries traces of that educational past through the adjoining Sainte-Clotilde school. The embroidered altar cloth made by the nuns is now part of the Musée de Picardie's collection, shown to the public for the first time in 2025.

The building stands on rue des Jacobins in the city center, so you can reach it on foot from the cathedral and nearby squares. Walk along the street to see the facade, and keep in mind that the interior is not open to the public.

The convent was known for its embroidery workshop, where nuns worked gold, silver, silk, and wool threads into liturgical pieces. One of these, a large altar cloth from around 1660, was bought back by the Musée de Picardie in 2024 after passing through the art market.