Quai des Célestins

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[edit]

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[edit]

• 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 I^er. 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.
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  Quai des Célestins vu depuis le quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
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  École Massillon
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  N° 32

Access[edit]

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[edit]

48°51′08″N 2°21′39″E / 48.8523°N 2.3607°E / 48.8523; 2.3607