Paris in the Middle Ages and the clergy of Paris, followed by the members of religious orders and representatives of all the guilds and professions of the city. A similar procession took place from the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève on the Left Bank to Saint-Denis, including the students and faculty of the University. According to tradition, the first Paris hospital, the Hôtel Dieu, was founded in 651 by Saint Landry, the Bishop of Paris. It was first mentioned in texts in 829. It was located on the southern side of the Île de la Cité between the river and the parvis of Notre Dame, which gave it
Concours de façades de la ville de Paris Concours de façades de la ville de Paris The concours de façades de la ville de Paris was an architecture competition organized by the city of Paris at the very end of the 19th century. The contest was held annually between 1898 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year. The contest was set up after the creation of the rue Reaumur made in 1897. The city of Paris took inspiration from in the 1890s to promote the erection of original buildings on this street; initially restricted to the