Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, Cite Internationale

Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. 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

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13443711

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45138704

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen