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Based in 1203 by Guilhem de Vénéjan, Bishop d' Uzès, Valbonne's chartreuse, ancient memorial classified of the XIII-th century, seduces by the magnificence of its tiled roofs varnished, the serenity of its convents the architectural purity of the vault of the conventual Chapel.
In the heart of a magnificent forested domain, the convent shelters until 1901 the order of the Carthusian monks.
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abandoned, plundered, the chartreuse is acquired(bought back) by auction in 1926 by the Minister Philadelphe Delord, it(he) bases the Association of Help to the Victims of the Tropical diseases and more particularly to the victims of the leprosy.
In the 60s, treatments against the leprosy the service shows their efficiency, lives, but it is necessary to find a new orientation in the chartreuse.
It is in 1975, that the Association decides on, then, to pursue its mission of help(assistant) and solidarity towards the persons in trouble and opens a Centre of Reintegration and social and occupational Rehabilitation.
The other structures allowing the accompanying towards a social or professional reintegration are gradually organized in the years 80-90 : Therapeutic Apartments, Centre of Help(assistant) by the Work, Home(foyer) of life, Home(foyer) of Residence. The vitivinicoles activities and hotelkeepers of the Centre of Help(assistant) by the Work give a real tourist dimension to the chartreuse.
Protestant work, Valbonne's chartreuse is a supple(flexible) structure adapted to the needs of the welcomed persons today ; a tourist place with the visit of the monument, the discovery of the forest, its vineyard, the tasting of its Côtes-du-Rhône, a place of reception with its hotel, work with its conference rooms, a cultural place with its vocal festival.
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