Vauvert (Paris)
Vauvert is the medieval name for an area in the 6th arrondissement of Paris , which roughly corresponds to today's Jardin du Luxembourg .
history
In the 11th century, King Robert the Pious († 1031) decided to settle outside the city and chose the Vauvert (from val vert , green valley) valley overgrown with vines . After his death, the residence was soon abandoned and quickly became a disreputable place. The dilapidated walls served as a shelter for beggars and highwaymen, spooky stories soon made the rounds, Vauvert was assigned to the devil, so that the term Diable Vauvert soon came up, which was shortened to Diable Vert .
The Franciscans , who settled in Saint-Denis in 1217 , moved to Vauvert a few years later, but moved closer to the city as early as 1230, to the Couvent des Cordeliers at the Porte Saint-Germain gate in today's Rue de l'École de Médécine .
King Louis the Saint gave the area to the Carthusians in 1257 , who set up a Charterhouse here, the Chartreuse de Vauvert or Chartreuse de Paris. The convent existed until the French Revolution and was famous for its plantings in the south of the Jardin du Luxembourg .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 48.5 " N , 2 ° 20 ′ 13.5" E