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

Histoire de Paris

Confrérie des Chirurgiens
Etablie dès le Moyen Age dans les dépendances de l’eglise Saint-Côme, la confrérie des chirurgiens fait édifier au XVIIe siècle un local pour ses activités d’enseignement. Après une intervention chirurgicale réussie, Louis XIV l’autorise à se doter d’un amphithéatre anatomique: Charles et Louis Joubert construisent entre 1691 et 1695 un superbe édifice octogonal coiffé d’un dôme à hautes fenêtres et à lanternes. L’Académie royale de chirurgie, fondée en 1748, ayant obtenu la création d’une faculté, ses anciens locaux sont attribués à «I’Ecole gratuite de dessin» où se forment des générations d’ornemanistes. L’architecte Constant-Dufeux fut chargé des travaux d’aménagement. L’Institut des langues modernes occupe actuellement cesbâtiments.

[Illustration of the anatomical amphitheater]

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 describes the place where the first association of surgeons in France was located in the 17th century, an association established at the beginning of the 14th century. Today the Institute of Modern Languages is housed in a building belonging to the University of Paris.

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The illustration in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification (Anatomy Amphitheater Tower) Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Brotherhood of Surgeons
Established in the Middle Ages in the outbuildings of the Saint-Côme church, the brotherhood of surgeons had premises built in the 17th century for its teaching activities. After successful surgery, Louis XIV authorized it to have an anatomical amphitheater: Charles and Louis Joubert built between 1691 and 1695 a superb octagonal building topped with a dome with high windows and lanterns. The Royal Academy of Surgery, founded in 1748, having obtained the creation of a faculty, its former premises were allocated to the “Free School of Drawing” where generations of ornamentalists were trained. The architect Constant-Dufeux was responsible for the development work. The Institute of Modern Languages currently occupies these buildings.

[Illustration of the anatomical amphitheater]