Archives and historical works at the Court of Auditors

Name: Archives and historical works at the Court of Auditors
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Palais Cambon - Cour des comptes

The documentation department of the Court of Auditors shows you its business lines, its missions and its most beautiful archival documents

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Cour des comptes

During your visit to the Palais Cambon, discover the countless books and libraries that adorn the walls of the Cercle, the Galerie Philippe Séguin and the reading room. The documentation department will let you discover its most beautiful archives (including some letters from Napoleon, founder of the Court of Auditors by the law of 16 September 1807). The staff will answer all your questions about their jobs and their missions within the Court of Auditors.

About the location

Palais Cambon - Cour des comptes

13 rue Cambon 75001 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The Cambon Palace was built between 1898 and 1910 by the architect Constant Moyaux on the site of the former convent of the Ladies of the Assumption of Cambon Street, whose chapel still survives. The Palace became the seat of the Court of Auditors, created in 1807 by Napoleon I, and houses its magistrates and administration. It consists of four wings around a courtyard of honor. The most important rooms are concentrated on the first floor, with the Grand'Chambre and the library. The main staircase is decorated with a ceiling painted in 1911 by Gervex and representing an allegory of the State. Eight pieces of decoration or movable objects are classified as historical monuments.