Prison Saint-Lazare

The prison Saint- Lazare was a prison on the Rue du Faubourg -Saint -Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris ( France).

History

Vincent de Paul founded the Congregation of 1632 de la Mission, also known as Vincentians, and taught in the house 107, rue du Faubourg -Saint -Denis, a leprosy hospital one, which was inaugurated on January 7, 1632.

1793 the building was converted into a prison in the time of the " Grande Terreur " it played an important role, arrested as thousands of people were tortured and killed. 1896, the building became a women's prison. 1935 was largely demolished and housed the Paris hospital administration in the remaining section of the building. Only the infirmary of the prison and the chapel in 1834 by Louis -Pierre Baltard ( father of the architect Victor Baltard ) built the prison wing remained. These parts of the building were asked as a historic neoclassical building complex historical monument in 2005.

Known prisoners

  • François -Joseph Bélanger, French architect and garden designer
  • André Chénier, French writer
  • Jean -Antoine Roucher, (1745-1794) French writer, see Portrait
  • Hubert Robert, French painter
  • Marquis de Sade, writer and free spirit
  • Joseph -Benoît Suvée (1743-1807), Belgian painter
  • Thomas de Treil de Pardailhan (1754-1822)
  • Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck, a Prussian officer and adventurer
  • Carl Constantin von Hessen- Rhein rock -Rotenburg, Hessian prince and general of the French Revolution, on May 15, 1794 to January 11, 1795

Women

Trivia

A song by Aristide Bruant entitled À Saint- Lazare is named after the prison.

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