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Hôtel De Vendôme (boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris)
The Hôtel de Vendôme () is a private mansion in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. History The Hôtel de Vendôme was built in 1707 by the architect Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, ''rue d'Enfer'' (today boulevard Saint-Michel) for the Carthusian canon Antoine de La Porte. The plans were published by Augustin-Charles d'Aviler in 1710 in his ''Cours d'architecture'' under the title "Hôtel scis rue d'Enfer in Paris, occupied by M. le duc de Chaulnes et Batie on the designs of Sr le Blond". Leased to the Duchess of Vendôme, the hotel was remodeled in 1715-1716 by the same architect, who modified the facade overlooking the garden and created a new avant-corps with the pediment of the old one. In the middle of the 18th century, it was occupied, following a long lease, by the 5th Duke of Chaulnes, Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, who died there in 1769, and his wife. The duke kept part of his important library there also conducting scientific experiments there. Their so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mines Paris – PSL
Mines Paris – PSL, officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (; until May 2022 Mines ParisTech), and also known as École des mines de Paris, ENSMP, Mines de Paris, les Mines, or Paris School of Mines, is a French grande école and a constituent college of PSL Research University. It was originally established in 1783 by King Louis XVI. Mines Paris is distinguished for the outstanding performance of its research centers and the quality of its international partnerships with other prestigious universities in the world, which include Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Harvard SEAS), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore (NUS), Novosibirsk State University, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Tokyo Tech. Mines Paris also publishes a world university ranking based on the number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée De Minéralogie
The Musée de minéralogie (Museum of Mineralogy) is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It belongs to the University of Strasbourg, and displays historical collections of minerals. The museum was founded in 1890. The museum is located in the Paleontology and Mineralogy faculty building of the University of Strasbourg. Two rooms are dedicated to him in a building of the School and Observatory of Earth Sciences (EOST) also housing the Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry. Mineral collection The origin of the mineral collection is the work of a professor of medicine from Strasbourg, Johann Hermann, who had set up a cabinet of curiosities in the 18th century. The museum is home to over 30,000 mineral samples. Gems and stones from France, Germany, the former Soviet Union (most notably Russia), Romania and USA are exhibited. The collections include a cast of the largest single piece of gold ever found (a 68 kg lump of gold, found in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
