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Histoire de Paris

Lycée Henri IV
En 510, Clovis fonda ici un sanctuaire, dédié aux apõtres Pierre et Paul, ou il se fit inhumer; en 511, et sainte Geneviève en 512. Vers.la fin du Vlë siècle, transformé en abbaye, il possède une grande partie du quartier au sud jusqu’à Saint-Médard. De l’église, reconstruite vers 1180, reste la tour dite de Clovis. Subsistent encore le réfectoire du XVllle siècle, le cloître (1746), des bâtiments et un’escalier du XVIIIe siècle. Les 80000 volumes et 2000 manuscrits ont été transférés à la bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève.

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L’abbaye a été affectée à l’enseignement dès 1796: lycée Napoléon (1804), puis Henri IV (1815). Les fils de Louis Philippe, Musset, Scribe, Sainte-Beuve, Viollet-Le-Duc et Haussmann y ont été élèves

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 indicates one of the most prestigious schools of Paris, a building that stands on the site of a monastery in the early sixth century AD. The children of King Louis Philippe, Alfred de Musset, Augustin Eugène Scribe, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc studied at the school, as well as Israel’s Dov Alfon, Leon Bloom, Emmanuel Macron, Simon Weil and more. many others.

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

The illustration that appears in the center of the sign with the school and in particular the bell tower in it, appears here at magnification 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

Henri IV High School
In 510, Clovis founded a sanctuary here, dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul, where he was buried; in 511, and Saint Geneviève in 512. Towards the end of the 5th century, transformed into an abbey, it owns a large part of the district to the south as far as Saint-Médard. Of the church, rebuilt around 1180, remains the so-called Clovis tower. The 18th century refectory, the cloister (1746), buildings and an 18th century staircase still remain. The 80,000 volumes and 2000 manuscripts were transferred to the Sainte-Geneviève library.

[Illustration of the School]

The abbey was used for education in 1796: Lycée Napoléon (1804), then Henri IV (1815). The sons of Louis Philippe, Musset, Scribe, Sainte-Beuve, Viollet-Le-Duc and Haussmann were students there.