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Collège Sainte-Barbe

Coordinates: 48°50′51″N 2°20′48″E / 48.84750°N 2.34667°E / 48.84750; 2.34667
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Collège Sainte-Barbe.
Collège Sainte-Barbe (Paris): foundation. Print by du Gast, Robert, 1556? (Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne, NuBIS)

The Collège Sainte-Barbe (French pronunciation: [kɔlɛʒ sɛ̃t baʁb]) is a former college in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.

The Collège Sainte-Barbe was founded in 1460 on Montagne Sainte-Geneviève (Latin Quarter, Paris).[1] It was until its closure in June 1999 the "oldest" identified college of Paris.

The Barbiste Spirit is kept alive through the Friendly Association of Old Barbistes, founded in 1820, recognized a public society since 1880, which is the oldest association of alumni of France, "l'Association Amicale des Anciens Barbistes".

Alumni

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Former Barbists (ordered by date of birth) include:

Former faculty

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Among the former professors are the historian Jules Michelet (1798–1874) and the journalist Serge July (born 1942).

Buildings

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The buildings of the college have undergone numerous modifications since its establishment in 1460. A university library, the Sainte-Barbe Library, has opened to the public in March 2009.

Notes

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  1. ^ Lebarbé, Annabelle (2007-06-10). "Le collège Sainte-Barbe de Paris : des frères Labrouste à Ernest Lheureux". Livraisons de l'histoire de l'architecture (in French) (13): 137–148. doi:10.4000/lha.418. ISSN 1627-4970.
  2. ^ a b Elliot, Brian A. Blériot, Herald of an Age Stroud: Tempus 2000 p.11
  3. ^ Loyrette, Henri Gustave Eiffel New York: Rizzoli, 1985 p.29

References

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48°50′51″N 2°20′48″E / 48.84750°N 2.34667°E / 48.84750; 2.34667