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Monnaie de Paris, 11 quai Conti, 75006 Paris. The Hôtel des Monnaies ( French pronunciation: [otɛl de mɔnɛ] ) is an 18th-century building located at 11 Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, which has housed the Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint) since its construction.
The Monnaie de Paris (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛ də paʁi], Paris Mint) is a government-owned institution responsible for producing France's coins. Founded in AD 864 with the Edict of Pistres , [ 1 ] it is the oldest continuously running minting institution and one of the oldest extant companies in the world.
Jacques Denis Antoine, by Louis Rolland Trinquesse (1794) Hôtel des Monnaies Château du Buisson de May in Upper Normandy. Jacques Denis Antoine (6 August 1733, Paris - 24 August 1801) was a French architect, whose most notable masterwork is the Hôtel des Monnaies in Paris, which gained him entrance to the Académie royale d'architecture in 1776.
The Hôtel de Nevers (French pronunciation: [otɛl də nəvɛʁ]), later the Hôtel de Guénégaud ([-ɡeneɡo]), then the Hôtel de Conti, was a French aristocratic townhouse (hôtel particulier), which was located on the Quai de Nevers (now the Quai de Conti), just east of the former Tour de Nesle on the site of the present day Hôtel des Monnaies in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
The Musée du 11 Conti (previously: Musée de la Monnaie de Paris) is a museum dedicated to the manufacturing techniques and the know-how of the Monnaie de Paris. It is located in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. The museum houses exhibition rooms and workshops.
The Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie (French pronunciation: [site də lekɔnɔmi e də la mɔnɛ]) or Citéco [1] is a museum dedicated to the economy, located in Paris, France. It was inaugurated on 15 May 2019, and opened to the public on 14 June 2019.
The Palais de la Légion d'Honneur (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ]; Palace of the Legion of Honour), also known as the Hôtel de Salm ([otɛl də salm]), is a historic building on the Left Bank of the River Seine in Paris, France. It houses the Musée de la Légion d'honneur (Museum of the Legion of Honour) and is the ...
In Saint-Palais, the former Hôtel de la Monnaie is now called the "Maison des Têtes", located in the Rue du Palais de Justice.. At the time of its creation in 1351, Saint-Palais had a population of about 300 inhabitants, of which 100 worked at the mint (60 workers in the foundry to melt the metal into liquid and 40 striking silver écus bearing the effigies of Henry III of Navarre and of ...