Grand Salon, Palais Academique, Sorbonne, Paris, France

Grand Salon, a 27m long gallery with chandeliers, a coffered ceiling and pendants with coats of arms of the Cities of France who had a high school in 1885, in the Palais Academique at the Sorbonne, the main building of the University of Paris in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is decorated with paintings by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1845-1902, of the myth of Prometheus. The room was originally the hall of the Conseil Academique and is now used for official receptions, ceremonies and receiving foreign delegations. The Palais Academique today houses the seat of the chancellery of the universities and the academy of Paris. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13443259

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45134645

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7087px x 7060px (15.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen