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Sign: Paris - History of Paris - The birthplace of the University


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Square René Viviani - Montebello, 75005 Paris, France
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[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

Histoire de Paris

Le berceau de l’Université
Ouverte au début du Xllle siècle sur l’ancien clos Garlande, la rue du Fouarre reliait au Moyen Age la rue de la Bûcherie à la rue Galande. Devenue le siège de la Faculté des Arts, elle tire son nom des bottes de foin utilisées comme siège par les étudiants. Les cours sont d’abord professés en plein air, puis dans les dix écoles baptisées d’après les anciennes auberges, du Cheval rouge ou de l’Aigle d’or: quelques maîtres licenciés occupent les salles du bas, où ils enseignent moyennant finances, et les étages sont loués à l’année pour y loger les élèves. Dante y séjourne en 1304, et Buridan y professe la philosophie vers 1330. En 1358, les désordres sont tels qu’elle est fermée la nuit par des chaines tendues à chaque extrémité !

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One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign depicts the place where the University of Paris was actually founded around 1264.

The place was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

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Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

The birthplace of the University
Opened at the beginning of the 13th century on the old Garlande enclosure, rue du Fouarre connected rue de la Bûcherie to rue Galande in the Middle Ages. Now the headquarters of the Faculty of Arts, it takes its name from the hay bales used as seats by the students. The courses are first taught in the open air, then in the ten schools named after the old inns, the Red Horse or the Golden Eagle: a few licensed masters occupy the lower rooms, where they teach for a fee. , and the floors are rented year-round to accommodate the students. Dante stayed there in 1304, and Buridan professed philosophy there around 1330. In 1358, the disorders were such that it was closed at night by chains stretched at each end!

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