Institut de France
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History
The building was originally constructed as the Collège des Quatre-Nations by Cardinal Mazarin, as a school for students from new provinces attached to France under Louis XIV. The inscription over the façade reads "JUL. MAZARIN S.R.E. CARD BASILICAM ET GYMNAS F.C.A M.D.C.LXI", attesting that Mazarin ordered its construction in 1661.
The Script error: No such module "Lang". was established on 25 October 1795, by the National Convention.[2]
On 1 January 2018, Xavier Darcos took office as the Script error: No such module "Lang".'s chancellor. Elected in 2017 to succeed Gabriel de Broglie, he was reelected in 2020. The chancellor acts as the institute's secretary general, whilst the organisation itself is placed under the protection of the president of the republic.[3]
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Esplanade in front of the institute, 1898
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A plaque on the northern wall of the Script error: No such module "Lang". shows the ancient location of the Tour de Nesle
Académies
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- Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (Academy of Humanities) – initiated 1663.
- Académie des sciences (Academy of Sciences) – initiated 1666.
- Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts) – created 1816 as the merger of:
- The Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, initiated 1648);
- The Académie de musique (Academy of Music, initiated 1669) and;
- The Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, initiated 1671).
- Académie des sciences morales et politiques (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences) – initiated 1795, suppressed 1803, reestablished 1832.
Influence
The Royal Society of Canada, initiated in 1882, was modeled after the Script error: No such module "Lang". and the Royal Society of London.
The Lebanese Academy of Sciences, known officially by its French name "Académie des Sciences du Liban" (ASL), is broadly fashioned after the French Academy of Sciences, with which it continues to develop joint programmes.
See also
References
External links
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- Notes on the Script error: No such module "Lang". from the Scholarly Societies project (archived 28 March 2015)
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