Lycée Janson de Sailly
106 rue de la Pompe 75116 Paris
The Lycée Janson de Sailly opened its doors on October 13, 1884\. It embodies the wishes expressed by Alexandre-Emmanuel-François Janson in his will. In fact, this wealthy bourgeois bequeathed to the University «all the free money from my succession» at the expense of “Create in Paris an institution under the name of Collège Janson, where young people distinguished by their filial love and aged at least twelve will receive the education of the humanities.” The work was entrusted to the architect Charles Laisné with the mission of carrying out according to the wishes of Jules Ferry, then Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, “the high school of new times … we want to install, as in this model high school, the vast courtyards, the beautiful shade, the light, the sun, everything that is needed for children as for plants, because they live first of all like them, of sun and open air”. Apart from the importance of buildings with iron and stone architecture, the overall decoration le
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Édifice scolaire et éducatif
Access
Metro Line 9 (rue de la Pompe) Metro Line 6 (Trocadéro) Metro Line 2 (Victor Hugo) Bus Line 52
