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Caserne des Petits-Pères

Coordinates: 48°52′02″N 2°20′27″E / 48.86724°N 2.34074°E / 48.86724; 2.34074
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Streetside façade on rue de la Banque

The Caserne des Petits-Pères (lit.'barracks of the Little Fathers'), also known as Caserne de la Banque, is a barracks building at 12, rue de la Banque in Paris. It was erected for the garde nationale de Paris [fr] and has been used lately by the Republican Guard. Like the nearby Place des Petits-Pères [fr], it takes its name from the former convent of discalced Augustinians (known colloquially as the "little fathers") on whose grounds the rue de la Banque was opened in the 1840s.

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The barracks were part of a program of public buildings that also included the local district town hall and Hôtel du Timbre, initially planned by architect Paul Lelong [fr]. Following Lelong's untimely death in 1846, architect Jean-Louis Victor Grisart completed the design of the building in 1850 and brought it to completion in 1857.[1] The location of the barracks was specifically intended to reinforce the security of the nearby Bank of France, from which the rue de la Banque was named.[2]

Grisart designed the building in Louis XIII style.[2] Above each of the two portals are two allegorical statues, sculpted by Louis Desprez.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Les casernes parisiennes". Forum Patrimoine de la Gendarmerie Nationale.
  2. ^ a b "La garde Républicaine - Caserne des Petits-Pères". Paris Promeneurs.

48°52′02″N 2°20′27″E / 48.86724°N 2.34074°E / 48.86724; 2.34074