Collège des Quatre-Nations
The Collège des Quatre-Nations ("College of the Four Nations"), also known as the Collège Mazarin after its founder, was one of the colleges of the historic University of Paris. It was founded through a bequest by the Cardinal Mazarin. At his death in 1661, he also bequeathed his library, the Bibliothèque Mazarine, which he had opened to scholars since 1643, to the Collège des Quatre-Nations.
Name and composition of the college
The name of the college alludes to the four
According to the Cardinal's will it was to have the following composition:
- Flanders, Artois, Hainaut, and Luxembourg (20 students);
- Alsace and other Germanic territories (15);
- Papal states(15);
- Roussillon, Conflent, and Cerdagne (10).
Design and construction
Notable students
Notable students of the college include the encyclopedist
Later history
After the colleges were suppressed during the French Revolution, the complex was used for various purposes until 1805, when it was given to the Institut de France. It has since become known as the Palais de l'Institut de France.
Notes
Bibliography
- Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967.
- Babelon, Jean-Pierre (2001). "Louis Le Vau at the Collège Mazarin: Rome in Paris?" at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2011) originally at the website of the Institut de France (PDF)
- Ballon, Hilary (1999). Louis Le Vau: Mazarin's Collège, Colbert's Revenge. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691048956.
External links
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