The construction of the Capuchin convent began on November 8, 1573 and ended in 1577, by master Geronimo Leone, who had it built far from the city, on land granted by the cathedral chapter. However, the convent, like many others, was abandoned by the friars following the French suppression and only in 1830, after the return of the Bourbons, the provincial father asked the mayor Tommaso Ghezzi Petrarolo to reopen it. From 1833 to 1860 there is no other news about the convent and only in 1868, by deed of notary Pietro Basti, the administration of the Fund for Worship delivered the building of the now ex-convent to the municipality, together with the church, the vegetable garden and the garden. On January 17, 1890, however, the Registry Office of Monopoli communicated to the mayor that the Superintendent of Finance from Bari had ordered the sale of the sacred furnishings of the Church, which however would be reopened shortly thereafter, thus making the sale useless.

Between 1910 and 1923, however, the building was the subject of transfers and relegations between the municipality and the military authorities to whom, in those years, it was offered as accommodation for a company of the garrison battalion.

Only in 1924, precisely on June 24, did the military authorities return the Capuchin convents to the municipality which, on the same day, returned the Capuchin building to the Congregation of Charity.

It currently houses the V. ‘Romanelli’ nursing home, intended for the elderly, managed with a social management contract by the “Progetto Vita” cooperative

It also houses an auditorium, which can hold up to 300 seats, managed by the APAD association.