Collège des Bernardins
The Collège of Bernardins, or Collège Saint-Bernard, located no 20, rue de Poissy in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is a former Cistercian college of the historic University of Paris. Founded by Stephen of Lexington, abbot of Clairvaux, and built from 1248 with the encouragement of Pope Innocent IV, it served until the French Revolution as the residence for the Cistercian monks, students at the University of Paris.After an overall renovation completed in September 2008, it is now a place for meetings, dialogues, training and culture, offering a rich program of public conferences and symposia, exhibitions, concerts, activities for young people and a theological and biblical studies center. Since 2009, it houses the Académie catholique de France. It has been the subject of a classification for French historical monuments since 10 February 1871.
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Rue de Poissy, Paris 5th Arrondissement (Paris)
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Collège des Bernardins
Rue de Poissy 20
75005 Paris, 5th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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