Saint Victor in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
La porte Saint-Victor
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Saint Victor Gate
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Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024
1. La porte Saint-Victor / Saint Victor Gate Marker
In 1992, the construction of this building on the course of the city walls built by Philippe-Auguste, kwhich were built around 1210 on the left bank with the aim of encouraging settlement, led to the discovery of significant remains of the arch that allowed the passage of the river Bièvre through the wall. Thanks to the arbitration of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the abbot of Saint-Victor had in fact obtained in 1148 the consent of the superior of Sainte-Geneviève, the most powerful lordship in the district, to divert the course of the river in order to turn the blades of his mills. The opening pierced through the wall opened to the east onto the rue du Faubourg Saint-Victor, which served the royal abbey already enclosed by walls. In 1368, a new diversion of the Bièvre was made necessary by the construction of ditches outside the rampart that had been decided by Charles V: the rue du Cardinal-Lemoine was then called the chemin des Fossés Saint-Victor (“route of the Saint Victor ditches”).
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Location. 48° 50.882′ N, 2° 21.184′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Victor. It is on Rue du Cardinal Lemoine, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 28 Rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Collège du Cardinal Lemoine (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Collège du Cardinal Lemoine (a few steps from this marker); Le Collège Rognoni Deported Jewish Student Memorial (a few steps from this
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024
2. La porte Saint-Victor / Saint Victor Gate Marker - wide view
Also see . . . Porte Saint-Victor (Wikipedia, in French). Excerpt (in translation):
The Porte Saint-Victor was a gate of the old Philippe Auguste city walls.(Submitted on November 26, 2024.)
It was located on Rue Saint-Victor, between Rue des Fossés-Saint-Victor and Rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, that is to say currently approximately at the level of no. 2 Rue des Écoles where a plaque now appears on a modern building recalling its past presence. Before the construction of this building in the early 1980s, remains of the enclosure were still visible.
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Photographed by Oxxo (via Wikimedia Commons under CC 3.0 license)
3. La porte Saint-Victor / Saint Victor Gate
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 26, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
