Couvent des Grands-Augustins

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The convent of the Grands-Augustins in Paris as seen from the Seine (18th century)

The Couvent des Grands-Augustins was a Parisian monastery founded in the 13th century and destroyed during the Revolution . It was located on today's Quai des Grands Augustins in the 6th arrondissement .

history

The Augustinian old observance at the time of King Louis IX. of France (ruled 1226–1270) down in Paris, initially beyond the Porte Saint-Eustache , where their arrival in 1259 is attested. The construction of the Augustinian monastery, called Francs-sacs , began around 1263 on the initiative of the king. On October 14, 1293, they took possession of the convent of the Frères sachets on the banks of the Seine in the area of Saint-Germain-des-Prés .

The Convent des Grands-Augustins on the plan by Truschet and Hoyau (1550), the Hôtel de Nesle at the bottom left , the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey at the bottom right (outside the picture)

The buildings here were constructed from 1368 and completed with the consecration of the church in 1453; it housed the tombs of personalities such as Philippe de Commynes and the poet of the Pléiade .

The Parisian armory and cutlery had their brotherhood in Saint-Augustin and held their annual meetings here, the first on June 24th, the second on August 29th, both commemorations of John the Baptist .

Some of the outbuildings of the monastery had been bought by Luigi Gonzaga (1539–1595) to build his Hôtel particulier ; Today the Hôtel de la Monnaie stands there . From 1608 to 1736 the convent was subjected to numerous construction works.

In the church of the convent King Heinrich III. the Order of the Holy Spirit on January 1, 1579 , most of the religious assemblies took place here until 1619. On the evening of May 14, 1610, after the murder of Henry IV , Louis XIII. enthroned here and his mother Maria de 'Medici appointed regent.

The convent gained great importance and its huge rooms in the heart of Paris became meeting places for the Parlement , the Chambre des comptes , the Estates General from 1615, the General Assemblies of the French clergy from 1615, and the Chambre de Justice from 1716

The convent was closed during the revolution, at that time 87 monks and lay people still lived here, the last left the convent in 1792. In 1797 the convent including the church was demolished.

The Place Dauphine at the time of Henry IV with the Pont Neuf on the right and the convent of the Grands-Augustins in the background

Web links

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Arthur Forgeais, Numismatique of corporations parisiennes, etc. métiers d'après les plombs Histories , Paris 1874, p 105
  2. ↑ James Buchan, A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century , London, Maclehose Press, 2018, p. 123

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 20.1 ″  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 27.2 ″  E