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Libraries In Paris
Paris, the capital of France, has many of the country's most important libraries. The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF; in English "national library of France") operates public libraries in Paris, among them the François-Mitterrand, Richelieu, Louvois, Opéra, and Arsenal. Overview In the 2nd arrondissement, the Bibliothèque Richelieu is to a design by Henri Labrouste with nine domes; it opened in 1868. There are three public libraries in the 4th arrondissement. The Bibliothèque Forney, in the Le Marais district, is dedicated to the decorative arts; the Arsenal Library occupies a former military building, and has a large collection on French literature; and the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris, also in Le Marais, contains the Paris historical research service. The Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève at Sorbonne-Nouvelle University is in 5th arrondissement; designed by Henri Labrouste and built in the mid-1800s, it contains a rare book and manuscript division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salle De Lecture Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve N03
Salle is the French word for 'hall', 'room' or 'auditorium', as in: *Salle des Concerts Herz, a former Paris concert hall *Salle Favart, theatre of the Paris Opéra-Comique *Salle Le Peletier, former home of the Paris Opéra *Salle Pleyel, a Paris concert hall *Salle Ventadour, a former Paris theatre *Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a multipurpose venue in Montréal It may also refer to: Places: *Salle, Norfolk, a village and civil parish in England, pronounced "Saul" *Salle, Abruzzo, Italy *Salle, Nepal People: *Abraham Salle (1670–1719), Huguenot ancestor, immigrant, and colonist *Alexander Östlund, Swedish football player, nicknamed "Salle" *Auguste Sallé French traveller and entomologist *David Salle, American painter *Fred Salle, English long jumper *Jérôme Salle, French film director *Johan Sälle, Swedish ice hockey player *Mary Lou Sallee, American politician from Missouri See also * La Salle (other) (including LaSalle) * Sal (other) * Sall (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliothèque Mazarine
The , or Mazarin Library, is located within the Palais de l'institut de France, or the Palace of the Institute of France (previously the Collège des Quatre-Nations of the University of Paris), at 23 quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement, on the Left Bank of the Seine facing the Pont des Arts and the Louvre. Originally created by Cardinal Mazarin as his personal library in the 17th century, it today has one of the richest collections of rare books and manuscripts in France, and is the oldest public library in the country. History The founder of the library, Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin (1602–1661), was born Giulio Ramondo Mazzarino in Pescina in the Kingdom of Naples, into a noble but poor family. He went into the church and studied at the Jesuit Collegio Romano, College in Rome, though he declined to join their order. He went into the Papal service, where he became known for his diplomatic, political and military skills, and was assigned as a nuncio to the French cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Barbe Library
Sainte-Barbe Library (French language, French: ''Bibliothèque Sainte-Barbe'') is an inter-university library in Paris, France, that opened in March 2009. It is located in the buildings of the former College of St. Barbara, and has been registered as a historical monument from 9 December 1999. History The College of St. Barbara was founded in 1460 by Geoffrey Lenormant. Directed by Ernest Lheureux, a pupil of Theodore Labrouste, construction of the Chartière and Valette buildings was undertaken between 1881 and 1884. Dating from 1936, the construction of the Écosse (Scotland) wing by Daniel Lionel and Raoul Brandon was completed in 1939. The transformation of Santa Barbara library is part of the U3M (Universities for the Third Millennium) plan, a program for development of higher education and research in the Île-de-France (region), Ile-de-France. Formally established by Decree No. 2004-1121 of 14 October 2004, the inter-university library of St. Barbara is administratively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Interuniversity Library Of Health
The Interuniversity Health Library (French: ''Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Santé'') is an inter-university medical library part of the network of 20 libraries of the Paris Cité University, in Paris, France. It is the heir to the library of the former Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris, whose origins date back to 1391. It offers collections in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and related sciences. The Interuniversity Library of Health resulted from the merging of two other institutions in 2011: the Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine et d'odontologie (BIUM) and the Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de pharmacie (BIUP), even though the two sites remain distinct. History The interuniversity Library of Medicine (BIUM) The BIUM ("Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine") used to be the Library of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, which was settled in the Middle Ages at "rue de la Bûcherie" and then "rue Jean-de-Beauvais". The Faculty was removed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Library In Paris
The American Library in Paris is the largest English-language lending library on the European mainland. It operates as an independent, non-profit cultural association in France incorporated under the laws of Delaware. Library members have access to more than 100,000 books and periodicals (of which 20,000 books, magazines, and CDs are for children and teens), plus reference and research resources in paper and electronic form. The library serves nearly 5000 members from more than 60 countries. The library was established in 1920 under the auspices of the American Library Association's Library War Service with a core collection of books and periodicals donated by American libraries to United States armed forces personnel serving their allies in World War I. History Founding Toward the end of World War I, when the United States entered the conflict, hundreds of American libraries launched the Library War Service, a massive project to send books to the troops fighting in Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut D'Art Et D'Archéologie
The ''Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie'', also known as the Michelet Campus, is a building at 3 rue Michelet in Paris, built for the educational institution of the same name (French for "Institute of Art and Archaeology"). It was initially designed in 1920 in a unique Eclecticism in architecture, eclectic style by architect Paul Bigot, and completed in 1932. It has been dubbed "the most curious building in Paris". It is a campus of the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris, universities of Paris. The building is currently occupied by the Art and Archeology Department of the Sorbonne University, Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Sorbonne School of Art History and Archaeology, a department of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Overview In 1908, designer Jacques Doucet (fashion designer), Jacques Doucet initiated a pioneering library of art-related books complemented by research works he sponsored, and in late 1917 donated it to the University of Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbonne University Library
Sorbonne University Library (French: ''Bibliothèque de Sorbonne Université'') is the network of Sorbonne University's libraries and services. It is one of the largest academic library networks in Paris, along with the Université Paris Cité. It should not be confused with the Sorbonne Library, which is part of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University. It is the result of the merger of the joint documentation services of the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University (BIUSJ) and the University of Paris-Sorbonne, formerly located at 28, rue Serpente. The Sorbonne University Library's Literature and Humanities Department (French: ''Pôle Lettres de la Bibliothèque de Sorbonne Université''), part of the Faculté des lettres, offers its students and teaching staff access to 18 libraries and thematic collections. The catalog includes 600,000 books, 350,000 e-books, 60,000 issues of online periodicals and 165 databases. The French National Centre for Scientific Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the University of Paris, one of the first universities in Europe. Its current iteration was formed in 2018 by the merger of Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI). Sorbonne University is one of the most sought after universities by students and researchers from France, Europe, and the French speaking countries. Most notably, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, who came from Poland in 1891 and joined the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris, was also the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne. Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie are considered the founders of the modern-day Faculty of Science and Engineering of Sorbonne University. As of 2021, its alumni and professors have won 33 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbonne (building)
The name Sorbonne (French: ''La Sorbonne''; , ; ) is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France or one of its successor institutions (see below). It is also the name of a building in the Latin Quarter of Paris which from 1253 onwards housed the College of Sorbonne, part of one of the first universities in the Western world, later renamed University of Paris and commonly known as "the Sorbonne". The Sorbonne building and the “''La Sorbonne''” trademark are owned by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris. Today, it continues to house the successor universities of the University of Paris, such as : * Sorbonne University, * Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, * Sorbonne Nouvelle University, * and the ''Chancellerie des Universités de Paris'', which manages the building. Sorbonne University is also now the university resulting from the merger on 1 January 2018 of Pierre and Marie Curie University, UPMC (Paris VI) and Paris-Sorbonne U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbonne Library
The Sorbonne Library (French: ''Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne'') is an inter-university library part of the network of 36 libraries of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, in Paris, France. It is located at 47, rue des Écoles in the Latin Quarter in the 5th arrondissement. The library of the , located at 191 rue Saint-Jacques, is attached. The Sorbonne Library is situated in the Sorbonne building. It is a medieval institution of the Sorbonne, which evolved over the centuries as part of the University of Paris. It is a common library of Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Sorbonne-Nouvelle University. It is administered by Panthéon-Sorbonne University as per a governing agreement signed among these universities in 2020. History ;Library of the Ancient College de Sorbonne, (1289–1795) The college of theology, Maison de Sorbonne, was established at the Collège de Sorbonne in 1257 by Robert de Sorbon. Its library, the Library of the Collège de Sorbonne w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petite Bibliothèque Ronde
La Petite Bibliothèque Ronde (“Little Round Library”) is a French children's library. It was funded by the association La Joie par les livres and located in a working-class area in Clamart. Since September 2009, it has been classified as an “Historic Monument” and hence protected by the State. History This Library was opened in 1965 thanks to the sponsorship of Anne Gruner-Schlumberger. The building was conceived by the architects Gérard Thurnauer, Jean Renaudie, Jean-Louis Véret and Pierre Riboulet, who were part of l’Atelier de Montrouge. This Library is really atypical with its round rooms and round shelves against the wall. And this creates an impressive contrast with the high buildings in the area. For this originality, the building was classified Historic Monument in 2009. Most of the furniture has been designed by Alvar Aalto. Since it has been classified, it is protected as well as the building itself. For these peculiarities, the photographer Martine Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
