Description
- Abstract:
- The Bâtiment de la Porte served as an entrance to the Salpêtrière Hospital. Guards are visible near the doorway, which is closed by an iron gate. This building was part of the development commissioned by Turgot at the end of the 18th century to provide housing for mentally ill women.
Citation
"Le Bâtiment de la Porte:
(fin du XVIIIe siècle)
"
(1925).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1102238/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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