Saint Paul de Mausole Monastery (Сен-Реми-де-Прованс)

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Veritable masterpiece of Provençal Romanesque art, the Saint Paul monastery, built in the neighbourhood of the Gallo-Roman site of Glanum owes its name Mausolé to the proximity of the mausoleum of the "Julii"; it rises up out of the landscape thanks to its beautiful two-storey square steeple topped by a pyramidal roof.

The covered walk goes around a finely maintained garden giving the stones all their grandeur.

Saint Paul de Mausole remains today a psychiatric health institution :
- The Maison de Santé Saint-Paul ; a short-stay psychiatric clinic with 67 beds.
- The specialized establishment of the IRIS treating 38 mentally handicapped residents.
- The EHPAO Les Oliviers taking in 27 dependant elderly persons, with a day reception of 5 places. (www.avignon-et-provence.com/saint-paul-mausole/)