Sorbonne Chapel

"The Sorbonne Chapel facing the Sorbonne square."
The Sorbonne Chapel facing Sorbonne square.
"The Sorbonne Chapel facing the Cour d'honneur."
The Sorbonne chapel facing the Cour d'honneur.

The Chapel of Sainte Ursule de la Sorbonne, also known as the Sorbonne Chapel, is a Roman Catholic chapel located in the Sorbonne historical site, in Paris' Latin quarter. It was rebuilt in the XVII century by order of Cardinal Richelieu.

Background

In 1887 it was registered as a national historical monument, joined in 1975 by other structures of the Sorbonne complex.[1]

Its northern side faces the Cour d'honneur inside the Sorbonne building, and its western side faces the Sorbonne square and Victor Cousin street.

The architect was Jacques Lemercier[2][3] and the dome was painted by Philippe de Champagine,[4][5] for the paintings, and François Girardon for Richelieu's tombstone.[6][7][8]

The project starts as a general reconstruction of the site. The original chapel is demolished (shown today as an outline on the Cour d'honneur's floor) and the new chapel is established on the site of the former collège de Calvy. The work starts in 1627, but only in 1635 for the chapel, which is finished in 1642 (year of Richelieu's death).[9]

It is the only surviving structure of the XVII century Richelieu's reconstruction project.

References

  1. ↑ "Monuments historiques: Sorbonne (La)" (in French). Merimee Database, French Ministry of Culture. May 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Historical Monuments". culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jacques Lemercier | French architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Philippe de Champaigne: Politics and Spirituality". 2007-04-25. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  5. ↑ User, Super. "Philippe de Champaigne Retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille | Art Knowledge News". artknowledgenews.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  6. ↑ "GIRARDON, François". web Gallery of Art. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ Proust, Abbé Henri (2007-10-26). "Éminence Rouge: François Girardon and the tomb of Richelieu in the Sorbonne Chapel". Éminence Rouge. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  8. ↑ Universalis, Encyclopædia. "FRANÇOIS GIRARDON". Encyclopædia Universalis (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  9. ↑ "Le collège de la Sorbonne sous Richelieu - Histoires de Paris". Histoires de Paris (in French). 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-24.

Coordinates: 48°50′54″N 2°20′35″E / 48.84843°N 2.34318°E / 48.84843; 2.34318

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