Paris (Townhouse)

Paris (Townhouse)

rue aux Deux Portes, rue aux Moignes de Jenvau, rue aux Moines de Jenvau, rue aux Moines de Joienval, rue de la Chapelle-aux-Orfèvres, rue des Deux Portes, rue des Orfèvres, rue Entre Deux Portes

Built 12th century; Premonstratensian from the 1220s; dissolved by 1690s

A town house in the possession of the Premonstratensian abbey of Joyenval from the 1220s, when it was given to them by Barthélemy de Roye. In 1698, the brothers ceded the property to the ferme générale. The townhouse was demolished and a salt storehouse was built on the site. That storehouse was in turn demolished ca. 1910, and has since been replaced by a primary school.

Townhouse

Approximate location of the townhouse, ca. 1615. Matthäus Merian the Elder, "La plane de la ville, cité, université et faux-bourgs de Paris avec la description de son antiquité et singularités". Wikimedia.