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

Histoire de Paris

Couvent et Club des Jacobins
Surnommes jacobins à cause de leur maison-mère située rue Saint Jacques les dominicains s’installent ici en 1613. L’entrée de leur couvent se trouve à l’emplacement du débcuché de la rue et le cloître à la place du Marché-Saint-Honoré. A la suppression des ordres monastiques, la Société des Amis de la Constitution s’y installe: elle tient ses réunions dans la biblictheque, puis dans la chapelle à partir du ler avril 1791. Le Club des Jacobins a joué un rôle prépondérant durant la Révolution, jusqu’à la chute de Robespierre en juillet 1794.

[Illustration of the Jacobin Club]

Les bâtiments furent détruits et remplacés en 1810 par un marché reconstruit en 1959 et remplacé en 1966 par ce bâtiment dû à Ricardo Bofill.

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 Jacobin Club stood, the political association that advocated an extreme and radical way of the French Revolution.
The club was located in the Jacobin monastery belonging to the Dominican order, where the constitution of France was actually written, and therefore the Jacobins were called "Society of the Friends of the Constitution" or "Friends of Freedom and Equality"

The place where the sign is located was photographed on the same day 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

Jacobin Convent and Club
Nicknamed Jacobins because of their mother house located on rue Saint Jacques, the Dominicans settled here in 1613. The entrance to their convent is located at the outlet of the street and the cloister at the Place du Marché-Saint- Honored. When the monastic orders were suppressed, the Society of Friends of the Constitution settled there: it held its meetings in the library, then in the chapel from April 1, 1791. The Jacobins Club played a leading role during the Revolution, until the fall of Robespierre in July 1794.

[Illustration of the Jacobin Club]

The buildings were destroyed and replaced in 1810 by a market rebuilt in 1959 and replaced in 1966 by this building designed by Ricardo Bofill.