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Histoire de Paris

Palais abbatial
Construit en 1586 pour le cardinal de Bourbon, chef des Ligueurs et abbé commandataire de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, ce palais est vraisemblablement dů à l’architecte Guillaume Marchant, auteur du plan et directeur des travaux. Deuxième construction en brique et pierre de Paris après l’hôtel Scipion, il préfigure le style Louis XIII. Un siècle plus tard, Guillaume Egon, cardinal landgrave de Fürstenberg, abbé de Saint-Germain, entreprend la rénovation du bâtiment qui menace ruine. Le sculpteur Pradier y eut son atelier.

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Restauré en 1977 par Yves Boiret, cet édifice important, le seul à être conservé entier, délivré des ajouts qui le défiguraient, témoigne de la splendeur de l’abbaye. Il abrite divers établissements rattachés à l’Institut catholique.

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 Abbey palace, a building erected in 1586, renovated in 1977 and one of the historic buildings that remain intact.
The building was erected at the request of Charles I, Cardinal de Bourbon who was the candidate of the Catholic League for the crown of France, something that was not realized.

The palace 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

Abbey palace
Built in 1586 for Cardinal de Bourbon, head of the Leaguers and abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, this palace is probably due to the architect Guillaume Marchant, author of the plan and director of the works. The second brick and stone construction in Paris after the Hôtel Scipion, it prefigures the Louis XIII style. A century later, Guillaume Egon, cardinal landgrave of Fürstenberg, abbot of Saint-Germain, undertook the renovation of the building which was in danger of ruin. The sculptor Pradier had his workshop there.

[Illustration of the Palace]

Restored in 1977 by Yves Boiret, this important building, the only one to be preserved intact, free of additions which disfigured it, bears witness to the splendor of the abbey. It houses various establishments attached to the Catholic Institute.