The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève and its neighborhood
Republican Calendar. Philosophy Perched on a High Summit
The site of many universities as of the medieval era, Montagne Sainte-Geneviève saw its intellectual vocation increase during the Revolution. For revolutionaries, science and education were tools for collective emancipation. Consequently, Paris ended up establishing itself as the capital of Enlightenment. It was specifically on the Left Bank, around the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève where the schools and institutions meant to educate the Republic’s future elite were concentrated. In addition to the Natural History Museum, the schools in this neighborhood also included: Ecole polytechnique, Ecole central du Panthéon as well as, under the Empire, Ecole normale supérieure.
Chronology
March 11, 1794
École Polytechnique is founded
October 30, 1794
École Normale de l’An III, the future École Normale Supérieure, is founded
March 1798
The elephants Hans and Marguerite arrive at the Botanical Gardens zoo
1804
École Polytechnique moves to the Sainte-Geneviève neighborhood
1808
École Normale Supérieure moves to the Sainte-Geneviève neighborhood
The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève and its neighborhood
7 points of interest
Chronology
