Cordeliers Convent Campus The Practical School | |
Official Name: | Les Cordeliers École Pratique de la Faculté de Médecine |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Settlement Type: | Campus of the universities of Paris |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Île-de-France |
Subdivision Type2: | Ville |
Subdivision Name2: | Paris |
Subdivision Type3: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name3: | 6th |
Subdivision Type4: | Part of |
Subdivision Name4: | City of Paris |
Parts: | Host |
P1: | Paris Cité University and Sorbonne University |
The Cordeliers Convent in Paris (in French: "Les Cordeliers", or "l'École Pratique de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris", in English: the Practical School of the Paris Faculty of Medicine) is a university and historic site in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, located in the Latin Quarter campus at 15, rue de l'École-de-Médecine.[1] [2] It takes its name from the former Cordeliers Convent, a monastic establishment founded thanks to the generosity of King Louis IX and part of the Franciscan order. Today, only the convent refectory remains of the original building, recently restored by the RIVP.[3] The owner of the site is the City of Paris.
During the French Revolution, the Cordeliers convent became the headquarters of Danton and Desmoulins' Club des Cordeliers. Under the French Empire, it became the headquarters of the Practical School of the Paris Faculty of Medicine, which is located across the street, in the École de Médecine building.
The Cordeliers Convent is now home to :