The former Carmelite convent in Ménerbes, built on a steep slope facing the Luberon, is fortunate to have kept its medieval architectural unity (13th century) and its 17th century extension.

A community of hermits who took refuge from Mount Carmel in Palestine during the Crusades lived here for five centuries. The Carmelite brothers ensured religious life for the neighboring inhabitants and arranged the terraces for farming. From this period remain the sober church built in freestone and covered with a broken barrel vault, a sacristy that seems to predate the 13th century, a chapel built in the 14th century with a wall painting and rooms linked to the life of the religious.

At the end of the 16th century, a large terrace was formed by the defensive wall and its tower to protect the site.

Closed at the end of the 18th century, the convent was sold in 1793 to farmers who occupied the place for two centuries. Listed as a Historic Monument in 1975.