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Couvent des Jacobins de Reims
Ruins of the convent serving as a setting for a park.
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General information
Town or cityReims
CountryFrance
Coordinates49°15′06″N 4°01′54″E / 49.2517°N 4.0318°E / 49.2517; 4.0318
Designated11 mai 1981
Reference no.PA00078781

The Couvent des Jacobins de Reims is a former convent of Dominicans, then called Jacobins, in the French city of Reims, dating back to the Middle Ages. These remains have been integrated since 1984 into a square, Square des Jacobins, which connects Rue Hincmar and Rue des Jacobins.

History

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The friars were invited by Bishop Albéric de Humbert but only arrived in 1220 and received buildings in 1245 after a donation from the monks of the Abbey of St-Denis, who were their neighbors.

The church of the Friars Preachers had three naves and eighteen flying buttresses, with two suspended turrets flanking a double bay on its facade. The square bell tower adjoined the apse, and its stone spire had four stone pinnacles. It was consecrated by Pierre Barbet in 1280.

In 1441, Brother Nicolas Pinguis was named ''vicar of the inquisition'', but he was silenced by the canons and the archbishop.

A hall of the convent served as a meeting place for the inhabitants, where the deputies for the Estates-General were elected in 1789, and later, it hosted meetings of clubs of friends of the Constitution. The convent's library of 1,764 books was seized in 1791 and transferred to the municipal library.

The ruins of the Couvent des Jacobins were rediscovered in November 1884, following a fire at a dye factory established on the site[1].

The current Square des Jacobins was created in 1984.

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    Ruins, image of the park,
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    in 1925,
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    on a map,
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    The convent church to the right of the cathedral.

Protection

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The ruins of the convent have been listed as a Monument historique since 11 May 1981[2].

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Bibliography

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  • Daniel Pellus, Reims ses rues ses places ses monuments, Lyon, éd. Horvath, 1993. Prosper Tarbé, Reims, essais historiques sur ses rues et ses monuments, Paris, Res Comédit, 1994.

Références

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  1. ^ "Annuaire-bulletin de la Société des amis du vieux Reims". Gallica. 1984. Retrieved 12 November 2023..
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: PA00078781, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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