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Histoire de Paris

Porte de Buci
Cette porte de l’enceinte de Philippe-Auguste est ainsi rebaptisée au XIVe siècle à la demande des habitants du quartier, du nom d’un conseiller d’Etat du roi Jean le Bon, Simon de Buci, connu pour son esprit charitable et sa piété. Elle est en 1418 le théâtre d’un événement tragique et lourd de conséquences pour la vie parisienne, dans le contexte troublé de la guerre civile entre Armagnacs et Bourguignons, au temps de la folie de Charles VI. Dans la nuit du 28 au 29 mai, en effet, Perrinet Leclerc, fils d’un marchand du Petit-Pont, quartenier de garde, va subtiliser les clefs dans la chambre de son père. Il livre ainsi la ville aux partisans de Jean Sans Peur, qui égorgent trois jours durant plus de mille personnes. Le fidèle prévôt de Paris, Tanguy du Châtel, n’a que le temps de sauver le dauphin, enroulé dans une couverture. Le futur Charles VII, affublé du sobriquet de "roi de Bourges" restera 19 ans éloigné de sa capitale.

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 gate formerly known as the Saint Germain Gate, one of the gates in the Paris Wall built around the 13th century by King Philip II (Philippe Auguste)

The place was photographed on the same day (This is of course not the gate that the sign describes) Click for a larger image

The wall itself is described on a nearby sign Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:

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

History of Paris

Buci Gate
This gate of the Philippe-Auguste enclosure was thus renamed in the 14th century at the request of the inhabitants of the district, after the name of a state advisor to King John the Good, Simon de Buci, known for his charitable spirit and his devotion. In 1418 it was the scene of a tragic event with serious consequences for Parisian life, in the troubled context of the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians, at the time of the madness of Charles VI. On the night of May 28 to 29, in fact, Perrinet Leclerc, son of a merchant from Petit-Pont, watchman on duty, went to steal the keys from his father’s room. He thus delivers the city to the supporters of Jean Sans Peur, who slit the throats of more than a thousand people for three days. The faithful provost of Paris, Tanguy du Châtel, only has time to save the dauphin, wrapped in a blanket. The future Charles VII, nicknamed "King of Bourges", remained away from his capital for 19 years.