Quai des Célestins
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The quai des Célestins runs along the Seine in Paris ' 4th arrondissement . The quay, or dock, runs into the quai Henri-IV upstream, and downstream becomes the quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.
History
The quay was named after the couvent des Célestins , [1] located at the current site of the Caserne des Célestins of the Garde républicaine . [2]
The main entrance to the Hôtel Saint-Pol , also vanished now, was on the quai des Célestins. [1]
The quay was rebuilt and paved in 1705. [1]
Notable locations
- At the level of the boulevard Henri-IV is the square Henri-Galli, notable for the remains of one of the eight towers of the Bastille prison.
- 2 et 2bis: Hôtel Fieubet ou La Vallette, situated at the location of the royal hôtel Saint-Pol , granted in 1519 by François I er . In 1587, Raymond Phélypeaux d’Herbault built a first hôtel there. In 1676, it was acquired by the chancellor of queen Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne , Gaspard Fieubet. Fieubet had it renovated and decorated by Le Sueur and Vicotte according to the plans of Jules Hardouin-Mansart . In 1816, the hôtel became a sugar refinery . In 1857, the count of Lavalette acquired it and had it transformed by Jules Gros in a neo-baroque Italo-Spanish style, especially the street-side and court-side façades. Since 1877, this has been the location of the école Massillon. [3]
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32: edge of the city of Paris, location of the former tour Barbeau destroyed at the end of the 16th century or the very beginning of the 17th.
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Quai des Célestins vu depuis le quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
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École Massillon
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N° 32
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Access
The quai des Célestins is served by and is close to the Metro line , at the Pont Marie et Sully - Morland stations as well as the RATP bus lines 67 86 87 .
Notes
- 1 2 3 "Dictionnaire: Rues de Paris" . Archived from the original on 31 October 2016 . Retrieved 31 October 2016 .
- ↑ Dictionnaire du Paris disparu : sites et monuments , ISBN 2-84096-099-0
- ↑ L'École Massillon - Paris 4 e , sur paris1900.lartnouveau.com , consulté le 12 août 2011.
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