Île aux Juifs
48°51′26″N 2°20′25″E / 48.857328°N 2.340152°E
Île aux Juifs, Paris (literally Island of the Jews or Jewish Island), also called Île des Templiers, was a small island on the Seine in Paris situated just west of the Île de la Cité. The island was named for the number of executions of Jews that took place on it during the Middle Ages.[1] It was on this island that Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and another Templar leader, Geoffroi de Charney, were burnt to death for heresy on 18 March 1314.[2] The island, along with two other small islands next to it, were joined to the Île de la Cité when the Pont Neuf was built across it between 1578 and 1604.[3]
History
The island was located just to the west of tip of the
Name
The island was also known at various times as the Île aux Treilles, Ile de Justice, Île de Galilee, and Ile aux Bureaux,[8] and as the Île des Templiers.
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The Ile aux Juifs (bottom right), on the Plan de Bâle (1552) -
The island on the Plan de Belleforest (1575) -
The "Island" today, part of the Square du Vert-Galant
References
- ^ Paul Lacroix, Revue universelle des arts, Volume 3, 1856
- ^ Guillaume de Nangis, Chronique latine
- ^ Fierro, "Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris", "Iles" p. 941
- ^ "Dictionnaire historique de Paris", "Îles", p. 360
- ^ Fierro, "Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris", "Iles" p. 941
- ^ Fierro, "Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris", "Ile" p. 941
- ^ "Dictionnaire historique de Paris", "Îles", p. 360
- ^ Fierro, Alfred, "Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris", 1996, Laffont, p. 941 ("Ile")
Bibliography
- Hillairet, Jacques (2017). Connaissance du Vieux Paris (in French). Payot. ISBN 9782228919111.
- Fierro, Alfred (1996). Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris (in French). Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-07862-4.
- Dictionnaire Historique de Paris (in French). La Pochothèque- Le Livre de Poche. 2013. ISBN 978-2-253-13140-3.