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For eighty years, the Cité internationale universitaire of Paris, a recognized private foundation of public utility, has been one of the rare institutions entirely dedicated to the reception of high-level mobile students, researchers and artists, at the service of cultural exchange and dialogue. |
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To promote exchanges and peace |
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The Cité was founded in 1925, thanks to the generosity of industrialists, bankers and foreign foundations. Under the aegis of the minister André HONNORAT, the first president of the Cité, the industrialist Émile DEUTSCH DE LA MEURTHE, the banker David DAVID-WEILL, followed by many others, offered to the future elites of the five continents a place of exceptional welcome. Their goal was to promote peace, exchanges and friendship among peoples after the trauma of the first World War. This is a mission still germane today. Confronting the international tensions of the 21st century and in the context of globalization of knowledge and training, this work to bring together students and researchers of all nationalities is today under full development. |
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An outdoor exhibition of architecture |
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The Cité internationale is a unique site today: this landscaped park where nearly four hundred plants flourish is a true exhibition of twentieth-century architecture. The buildings built between 1923 and 1969 testify to a great diversity: regional and classical references, international modern architecture and experimental research. |
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An open and modernized Cité |
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Two-thirds of the residences were entirely renovated within the past five years, with the support of French and foreign authorities, the City of Paris and the Ile-de-France Region. The Cité has modernized buildings today as well as professional and specialized reception facilities, which welcome every day a population in need of orientation upon its arrival in France. 5,600 residents are housed in the Cité and more than 12,000 visitors come daily to the Cité and its private park, open to the public. |
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Cultural diversity every day |
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Eight hundred events annually mark an agenda centered on the diffusion of creativity and ideas. Theater, concerts, exhibitions, conferences and readings attract daily spectators and a public who like to discover and be open to the world. |
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Various services open to the public |
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While the academic community is the first to benefit, diverse publics also benefit from the Cité’s facilities: restaurants, theater, libraries, theaters, sport, etc. Scientific and cultural institutions, associations and companies organize their lectures and conferences in prestigious and comfortable spaces. |
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