COLLÈGE DES BERNARDINS
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Inaugurated in 2008 and blessed by Pope Benedict XVI, this Catholic cultural centre hosts exhibitions, meetings and theology courses. Concerts are organised on average once a month, and are well worth the effort, as they are performed by top-notch musicians in the magnificent setting of a large nave with ribbed ceilings, or in the large auditorium. Dating back to the 13th century, the building is a vast medieval stone ship that is a spectacle in itself. Completely renovated, this vestige of the school buildings of the old Latin Quarter comprises a superb Gothic nave with columns and ogives, as well as meeting rooms and an auditorium in the basement and upper floors. A small garden has been created to the left of the forecourt. The restoration work was carried out jointly by Herbé Baptiste, chief architect of the Monuments Historiques, and architect-designer Jean-Michel Wilmotte. The Cistercian-inspired building was built to train young monks from all over Europe. During the French Revolution, it was sold as national property, then successively used as a prison, warehouse, fire station and police boarding school.
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