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Histoire de Paris

La faculté de Droit
Construite à partir de 1770, l’école de Droit s’inscrit dans le projet d’urbanisme des abords de l’église Sainte-Geneviève confiée à Soufflot. Ouverte à la même époque pour offrir une perspective sur le Luxembourg, la rue du Panthéon-Français, baptisée Soufflot en 1807, est prolongée après 1846 de la rue Saint-Jacques au boulevard Saint-Michel. La faculte, devenue mairie sous la Révolution, reprit son affectation en 1805
Ses bâtiments furent considérablement augmentés sur la rue Saint-Jacques aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Sa façade, d’une pureté toute classique, a inspiré Hittorff pour la construction symétrique, de l’autre côté de la rue Soufflot, de la nouvelle mairie du Ve arrondissement (1844-1850).

[Illustration of the Faculty]

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 Faculty of Law of Paris, which is the second oldest faculty in the world. (The oldest faculty is in Bologna, Italy)

The facade of the faculty was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

At the top of the building appears the motto of France, found in almost all public buildings:
LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ
[liberty, equality, fraternity]

and below it:
UNIVERSITE DE PARIS
FACULTE DE DROIT
[University of Paris
the faculty of Law]
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The illustration in the center of the sign with the faculty building 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

Faculty of Law
Built from 1770, the law school is part of the town planning project around the Sainte-Geneviève church entrusted to Soufflot. Opened at the same time to offer a perspective on Luxembourg, rue du Panthéon-Français, named Soufflot in 1807, was extended after 1846 from rue Saint-Jacques to boulevard Saint-Michel. The faculty, which became a town hall during the Revolution, resumed its assignment in 1805
Its buildings were considerably increased on rue Saint-Jacques in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its façade, of classic purity, inspired Hittorff for the symmetrical construction, on the other side of rue Soufflot, of the new town hall of the 5th arrondissement (1844-1850).

[Illustration of the Faculty]