College of Juilly, Catholic educational institution in Juilly, France.
The College of Juilly is entered through a stone gateway with a round-arched opening closed by tall dark-grey iron gates, a fan pattern in the arch and solid lower panels. Above the arch, a triangular pediment carved with a crest sits over a band inscribed "COLLEGE DE JUILLY"; two black lanterns hang on brackets flanking the arch. Lower stone wings on either side each have a pale grey double door, the left one numbered 7.
The school was founded in 1638 by French Oratorians and developed into a respected educational institution serving French nobility. It played a significant role in shaping the education of elite students for several centuries.
The college's motto was Orior, Latin for "I rise", and its arms combined the fleur-de-lys of France with the Iesus Maria emblem of the Oratoire. A spring linked by legend to Saint Geneviève in 470 still lies at the centre of the grounds, at the foot of her statue. The chapel keeps the heart of Henri II d'Albret and a kneeling statue of abbot Nicolas Dangu, erected in 1561.
The former college stands in Juilly, about 30 km north-east of Paris in Seine-et-Marne. The site closed in 2012 and its buildings suffered vandalism and decay; as of 2021 local interests proposed converting the property into residential apartments. The gateway on the street, with its "COLLEGE DE JUILLY" pediment and the door numbered 7, can be seen from outside.
The library held a reproduction of the United States Declaration of Independence given to La Fayette, along with Diderot's original Encyclopédie. The school closed in 2012 for financial reasons, and by 2021 local groups proposed converting the property into apartments.
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