The Cordeliers University Center. A short guide for a visitor

The history of the Pierre and Marie Curie University Cordeliers Center is summarized. A few traces of the history of this part of the latin quarter still remain. The oldest souvenir is the plain but impressive Refectory of the Cordeliers. This Refectory is all that is left of the great Convent of the Cordeliers, and it is a reminder of the important position that theologians of the Order of Saint-Francis held in Paris. Marat's body was laid in state in the Convent Church, which used to be a royal burial place. In the hall stands the statue of Aesculapius as a reminder of the important medical reforms that took place here: the Ecole de Sante de Paris created by the Convention: the Hopital des Cliniques with its lecturing chairs; Dissection School; School of Practical Work of the Paris Medical Faculty.