The quai des Célestins runs along the Seine in Paris' 4th arrondissement. The quay, or dock, runs into the quai Henri-IV upstream, and downstream becomes the quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.
History
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The quay was named after the couvent des Célestins,[1] located at the current site of the Caserne des Célestins of the Garde républicaine.[2]
The main entrance to the Hôtel Saint-Pol, also vanished now, was on the quai des Célestins.[1]
The quay was rebuilt and paved in 1705.[1]
Notable locations
- At the level of the boulevard Henri-IV is the square Henri-Galli, notable for the remains of one of the eight towers of the Bastille prison.
- 2 et 2bis: Hôtel Fieubet ou La Vallette, situated at the location of the royal hôtel Saint-Pol, granted in 1519 by François Ier. In 1587, Raymond Phélypeaux d’Herbault built a first hôtel there. In 1676, it was acquired by the chancellor of queen Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne, Gaspard Fieubet. Fieubet had it renovated and decorated by Le Sueur and Vicotte according to the plans of Jules Hardouin-Mansart. In 1816, the hôtel became a sugar refinery. In 1857, the count of Lavalette acquired it and had it transformed by Jules Gros in a neo-baroque Italo-Spanish style, especially the street-side and court-side façades. Since 1877, this has been the location of the école Massillon.[3]
- 32: edge of the city of Paris, location of the former tour Barbeau destroyed at the end of the 16th century or the very beginning of the 17th.
- Quai des Célestins vu depuis le quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
- École Massillon
- N° 32
Access
The quai des Célestins is served by and is close to the Metro line
, at the Pont Marie et Sully - Morland stations as well as the RATP bus lines 67 86 87.
Notes
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