From 1780 to 1901

The renovation and the reconstruction of the Carthusian monastery of Valbonne was completed by the time of the French Revolution in 1789. Once again History brutally irrupted into the life of the monastery. As possessions of the Church were put at the disposal of the Nation, following a decree on November 2, 1789, the temporal assets of the monastery became national property.

On February 13, 1790, as the religious orders were suppressed by decree, the monks of the monasteries were dispersed. The last father left Valbonne on October 1st, 1790.

As at all the other French monasteries, property inventories were then drawn up by the municipal officers, but the Chartreuse de Valbonne was the only one not to to be sold, as it was slated to house a school.

This project having failed, the monastery and farmlands were given by decree, on 17 February 1804, to the hospital of Pont-Saint-Esprit to compensate it for the loss of its previous assets, sold as national possessions.