- The name Sorbonne (French: La Sorbonne; /sɔːrˈbɒn/ sor-BON, US also /sɔːrˈbɔːn/ sor-BAWN; French: [sɔʁbɔn] ) is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris...
- For one thing, ‘the Sorbonne’ is not actually a university; instead, it refers to the building in the Latin Quarter with which the University of Paris is associated.
- 02_sorbonne3 Construction of the current Sorbonne building started in 1885 and lasted until 1901.
- In three successive building projects up to 1901, Nénot endowed the Sorbonne with an academic palace (where the deanery was based), inaugurated in 1889...
- In an effort to bring new life to the old buildings, Cardinal Duc de Richelieu appointed architect Jacques Lemercier to undertake updates to the Sorbonne's...
- It is also the name of a building in the Latin Quarter of Paris which from 1253 onwards housed the College of Sorbonne, part of one of the first universities in the...
- Built in 1653 by Cardinal de Richelieu, the impressive La Sorbonne building in Paris’ Latin Quarter (Quartier Latin) houses classrooms for several universities...
- Three of those universities maintain facilities in the historical building of the Sorbonne, and thus have the word in their name: Panthéon-Sorbonne University...
- The buildings that make up Le Sorbonne are amazing ,one of the most stunning buildings I viewed is Le Sorbonne Church...
- The Sorbonne is a historic building in the Latin Quarter, the former location of the University of Paris and current home to Panthéon-Sorbonne University...