Centaur statue, Cite Internationale Universitaire

Statue of a centaur dancing and playing an autos, by Louis De Monard, 1873-1930, and behind, the Maison des Provinces de France, designed by Armand Gueritte, 1879-1940, and inaugurated 1933, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The residence was built to house Alsatian students and those of all French provinces. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5, 800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12, 000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13437216

Media ID

45126667

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7087px x 4755px (5.6MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen