École militaire
École militaire | |
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General information | |
Type | Educational building complex, |
Address | 1 Place de Joffre, 75007 |
Town or city | Paris, Île-de-France |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 48°51′09″N 2°18′13″E / 48.85250°N 2.30361°E |
Current tenants | Military academy |
Completed | 1750 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ange-Jacques Gabriel |
Website | |
geostrategia |
The École militaire (French: [ekɔl militɛːʁ]; "military school") is a complex of buildings in Paris, France, which house various military training facilities. It was founded in 1750 by King Louis XV and is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, southeast of the Champ de Mars.
The building, constructed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is an active military academy and is classified as a national monument since 1990.[1] This site can be visited during the European Heritage Days.
History
Origins of the institution
L'École Militaire was founded in 1750, after the
Previously, military academies were exclusive to children of a noble background and offered apprenticeships in the King's Stables or the stables of other royal members. With the aim of creating an academic college for cadet officers from poor noble families, the exclusivity that royal military academies held vanished.
By the edict of January 1751, King Louis XV founded the institution intended for the education of five hundred noble young men and born without fortune.[3] Article XI of the edict provides for "by way of first perpetual endowment" the tax on playing cards. The administration is entrusted to the Secretary of State for War. The Royal Military Academy included a number of military colleges in the province such as the School of Brienne where students were admitted on evidence of nobility. At the end of their schooling, admission to the Royal Military School in Paris was done through a national competition.
Architecture and Ange-Jacques Gabriel
Charged by King
The
The École now incorporates:
- The École de guerre (EdG) (School of Warfare)
- The Ecole de Guerre-Terre(EdG-T) (School of Land Warfare
- The Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defense)
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École Militaire from the Place de Fontenoy
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St Louis Chapel at the École Militaire
See also
- Ecole de Guerre-Terre(EDG-T), Paris
- École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), Coëtquidan, Brittany
- École de guerre] (EdG) (School of Warfare)
- École militaire interarmes (EMIA), Coëtquidan, Brittany
- École supérieure de guerre (1876 - 1993)
References
- ^ Base Mérimée: École Militaire, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "🔎 École militaire (France) - Définition et Explications". Techno-Science.net (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ Henri, Volpert. "Édit portant création de l'École militaire". FranceArchives (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ Christ, Yvan (1977). Paris des Utopies. Paris: Balland. pp. 92 and 93.
External links
- Official website of CID (in French)