Institut de France

The Institut de France is a French institution founded in 1795, located in the 6^tharrondissement. It assembles the scientific, literary and artistic elites of France so they can work together. It regroups five Académies, the best-known of which is the Académie française.
The Académie française was founded in 1634 by Cardinal Richelieu to normalize the French language and is tasked with publishing an official dictionary of the French language. Its 40 members hold office for life, they are called the “immortals”.

The building also houses the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the oldest public library in France, founded by Cardinal Mazarin under King Louis XIV. It was his private library at first but was opened to the public in 1691.

Cardinal Mazarin in his library, the so-called “Mazarine”

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There are a number of cupolas in the Paris skyline. In this new series, Cupolas of Paris, we will have a look at the most prominent ones and what is hidden below them:

The Dôme des Invalides – 7^th arrondissement – built under Sun King Louis XIV in the 17^th century
The Panthéon – 5^th arrondissement – built in the 18^th century
The Sorbonne – 5^th arrondissement – built in the 17^th century
The Observatory – 14^th arrondissement – built under Sun King Louis XIV in the 17^th century
The Val de Grâce – 5^th arrondissement – built under Sun King Louis XIV in the 17^th century
The Institut de France – 6^th arrondissement – built under Sun King Louis XIV in the 17^th century

Mayken Brünings

Writing Middle Grade fiction in Paris

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The Institut de France

Cupolas of Paris