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Quai des Célestins (Paris)

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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.

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History

The dock was named after the couvent des Célestins, located at the current site of the Caserne des Célestins of the Garde républicaine.

The primary entrance to the Hôtel Saint-Pol, also vanished now, was on the quai des Célestins.

The quay was rebuilt and paved in 1705.

Notable locations

  • At the level of the boulevard Henri-IV is the square Henri-Galli, notable for the vestiges 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, ceded en 1519 par François Ier. En 1587, Raymond Phélypeaux d’Herbault built a first hôtel there. En 1676, it was acquired by the chancellor of queen Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne, Gaspard Fieubet. Fieubet had it renovated and decorated by Le Sueur et 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.

  • 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.

      • 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.

      References

      Quai des Célestins (Paris) Wikipedia
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