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

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, located in the

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campus at 15, rue de l' École-de-Médecine. It takes its name from the former

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, a monastic establishment founded thanks to the generosity of King Louis IX and part of the

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. Today, only the convent refectory remains of the original building, recently restored by the

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. The owner of the site is the City of

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. During the French Revolution, the Cordeliers convent became the headquarters of

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and

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' 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 : * the Faculty of Health of

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and its Medical School, one of the two successors to the Paris Faculty of Medicine ; * the

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Faculty of Health Sciences (formerly UPMC), including the 3rd cycle medical school, the Cordeliers Research Centre (CRC), and the services of the Presidency of Sorbonne University in the cloister; * the

's Dupuytren Museum, until 2016.

Gallery

File:UFR de Médecine - Cordeliers - Faculté de Santé Université Paris-Cité.jpg, The headquarters of the Medical School (''UFR de médecine'') of Paris Cité University Faculty of Health in the Cordeliers Convent, in October 2024. File:Cloitre Cordeliers Paris.jpg, The cloister of the Cordeliers Campus, administered by Sorbonne University. File:Cordeliers006.jpg, The interior of the convent's former refectory, managed by the City of Paris.

Notes and references

Bibliography

* Beaumont-Maillet Laure, "Le grand couvent des Cordeliers de Paris", dans ''Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études'' 1973, 1973,

External links

The Cordeliers Campus on Sorbonne University's website

The Cordeliers Campus on Paris Cité University's website
Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Buildings and structures in Paris Franciscan monasteries in France Buildings of the University of Paris Sorbonne University Campuses

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