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The Collège des Trente-Trois, also known as the "Séminaire des Trente-Trois", was founded in 1633 by Father Claude Bernard to welcome indigent schoolchildren promising to become ecclesiastical. Originally planned for 5 students (symbolizing the wounds of Christ), their number increased to 12 in 1636, then to 33 in 1638, with reference to the years of Jesus ' life. Set in various colleges of the Sainte-Geneviève mountain, he settled permanently in 1654 in a hotel belonging to the d'Albiac family, located between the Boeuf impasse and the rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève.

Anne of Austria, regent of the kingdom, offered the community 33 pounds of bread, later transformed into a pension of 900 pounds. In 1657 the college became a seminary while preserving its original buildings. Thanks to financial assistance from Louis d'Orléans, a complete reconstruction took place between 1737 and 1748. Germain-Éloi Legrand designed the building on street, while Legrand de Charon erected the building for the students, sober and classic, between 1740 and 1745.

The seminary, which became paid in 1738, was closed in 1791 and sold as a national property. In 1953 Henry Plée installed a dojo, still active today. The building, restored in 1973, retains remarkable elements such as its recast gate, rounded pediment and original staircase. Two neo-classical pavilions, added under the Executive Board, complete the court. The monument has been partially classified since 1980, protecting its gate, facades, roofs and wrought iron staircase.

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