Cordeliers Convent

There were several Cordeliers Convents in France. This article is about the one in Paris.
The Cordeliers Convent in 1793

The Cordeliers Convent (French: Couvent des Cordeliers) was a convent in Paris, France.

It gave its name to the Club of the Cordeliers, which held its first meetings there during the French Revolution.

Cordeliers was the name given in France to the Franciscan Observantists.

The building now houses the Dupuytren Museum of anatomy in connection with the school of medicine.

Burials at the convent


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Coordinates: 48°51′02″N 02°20′28.69″E / 48.85056°N 2.3413028°E / 48.85056; 2.3413028

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