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

Histoire de Paris

Collège des Écossais
L’immeuble sur rue a été construit de 1662 a 1665 par Robert Barclay qui dirige le collegeet le séminaire des Ecossais. Achevée en 1672, la chapelle possède un mausolée où repose dans une urne en bronze doré, le cerveau de Jacques II d’Angleterre, mort à Saint-Germain-en-Laye en 1701. Transformé en prison sous la Terreur, le collège fut rendu à l’église anglaise en 1806, et loué par un établissement d’enseignement de 1815 à 1914. A la suite de la rectification de la pente de la rue en 1685, le rez-de-chaussée de la façade sur rue devint premier étage. Mais la façade sur jardin est restée intacte.

[illustration of the College]

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 Scots College where Christian Scots who were in exile in France studied. The college is on the site of the old University of Paris

The place is declared a historical heritage site of France

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

The illustration in the center of the sign is shown 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

College of Scots
The building on the street was built from 1662 to 1665 by Robert Barclay who directed the Scottish college and seminary. Completed in 1672, the chapel has a mausoleum where rests in a gilded bronze urn, the brain of James II of England, who died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1701. Transformed into a prison during the Terror, the college was returned to the English church in 1806, and rented by an educational establishment from 1815 to 1914. Following the rectification of the slope of the street in 1685, the ground floor of the street façade became the first floor . But the garden facade remained intact.

[illustration of the College]