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Previous | Home | Next"The convent of the Cordeliers, founded in 1230, thrived thanks to the support of Saint Louis. This community became a Franciscan center and in 1783, Verniaquet and his team of engineers built up large buildings in accord with the general plan of Paris. during the Revolution, the convent was abolished, and the Club des Cordeliers was founded by Camille Desmoulins, which met its demise in 1794. The church was destroyed in 1795, the cloister in 1877. The only remaining edifice was the medieval dining hall, used as a factory of mosaics in 1825."
Saint Louis was Louis IX (1214-1270), the only canonized King of France; St. Louis, Missouri, is named after him. Saint Louis ruled during the so-called "golden century of Saint Louis", when the kingdom of France was at its height in Europe, both politically and economically.
Lucie Simplice Camille Benoist Desmoulins (March 2, 1760 – April 5, 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. He was closely associated with the famous leader of the Revolution Georges Danton.
