The Institut de France, 1660, Le Vau, Quai de Conti, Paris 6th arrondissement, France. Seen at night from Quai du Louvre with the Ponts des Arts on the right of the picture that connects Le Louvre to the Institut de France which was founded in 1795 by the Directory and replaced the five learned societies : French Academy, the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, the Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Medailles, the Académie royale des Sciences and the Academie royale d'Architecture. Between 1795 and 1832 it was reorganized several times but was finally restored as a fifth academy : the French Academy, the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (history and archaeology), the Academie des Sciences, the Academie des Beaux-Arts and the Academie des Sciences morales et politiques.
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