The Mazas Prison (French: ''Prison de Mazas'') was a
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
,
France
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.
Designed by architects
Émile Gilbert and
Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe
Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe (1783–1858) was official architect to king Charles X of France. He worked in direct collaboration with Jacques Ignace Hittorff from 1819 to 1830, in particular on the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and the organisa ...
, it was inaugurated in 1850 and located near the
Gare de Lyon
The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris-Gare-de-Lyon, is one of the six large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and RER D ...
, on the Diderot boulevard.
The building was destroyed in 1900.
References
External links
Webpage with information and a picture of the prison(in French)
1850 establishments in France
19th century in Paris
Defunct prisons in Paris
Buildings and structures completed in 1850
Buildings and structures demolished in 1900
1900 disestablishments in France
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