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Histoire de Paris

Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption
Le 6 septembre 1622, le cardinal de la Rochefoucauld installe à cet endroit des sœeurs augustines, les Filles de l’Assomption, dites aussi les Nouvelles-Haudriettes, car elles viennent de l’hospice des Haudriettes, rue de la Mortellerie, en bordure de la place de Grève. Charles Errard leur fait construire de 1670 à 1676 une grande chapelle surmontée par un très large dôme, visiblement inspiré du Panthéon de Rome. Cette coupole est couverte d’une fresque de Charles de la Fosse qui célèbre l’Assomption de la Vierge.

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Supprimé à la Révolution, le couvent a cédé la place à la rue de Mondovi et à la Cour-des Comptes. L’église a été affectée en 1850 aux Polonais de Paris.

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 church that was established in 1670-1676 for the Order of Sisters of the Brotherhood. The church was abandoned during the French Revolution, followed in 1844 and to this day serves as the main Polish church in Paris.

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

The illustration in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

The church is designated as a historical heritage site of France

Translation of the text on the sign:

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

History of Paris

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
On September 6, 1622, Cardinal de la Rochefoucauld installed Augustinian sisters, the Daughters of the Assumption, also known as the Nouvelles-Haudriettes, at this location, because they came from the Haudriettes hospice, rue de la Mortellerie, on the edge of Place de Grève. Charles Errard had them build from 1670 to 1676 a large chapel topped by a very large dome, visibly inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. This dome is covered with a fresco by Charles de la Fosse which celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin.

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Abolished during the Revolution, the convent gave way to rue de Mondovi and the Court of Auditors. The church was assigned in 1850 to the Poles of Paris.