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Histoire de Paris

Faculté de Médecine
Le chirurgien La Martinière obtient de Louis XV la construction d’une Académie de chirurgie. L’architecte Gondouin réalise de 1769 à 1786 une partie d’un vaste projet, marqué par un retour à l’Antiquité classique: un portique à quatre rangées de colonnes ioniques devant une grande cour entourée d’une colonnade; le grand amphithéâtre s’ouvre au fond sous un péristyle corinthien. La Convention y réunit en 1794 les corporations rivales, médecins et chirurgiens, sous le nom d’«Ecole de santé» rebaptisée sous l’Empire «Faculté de médecine».

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L’architecte P. Ginain reprend de 1878 à 1900 les plans de Gondouin pour construire sur le boulevard Saint-Germain un édifice doté d’un bel escalier, qui abrite la salle du conseil, la riche bibliothèque, le musée et les archives de la Faculté.

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 building that was used since the 18th century by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris. The building was designed by Jacques Gondouin

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Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Faculty of Medicine
The surgeon La Martinière obtained from Louis XV the construction of an Academy of Surgery. From 1769 to 1786, the architect Gondouin carried out part of a vast project, marked by a return to classical Antiquity: a portico with four rows of Ionic columns in front of a large courtyard surrounded by a colonnade; the large amphitheater opens at the back under a Corinthian peristyle. In 1794, the Convention brought together rival corporations, doctors and surgeons, under the name of “School of Health”, renamed under the Empire “Faculty of Medicine”.

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From 1878 to 1900, the architect P. Ginain took up Gondouin’s plans to build on Boulevard Saint-Germain a building with a beautiful staircase, which houses the council room, the rich library, the museum and the archives of the Faculty.