Hundreds of people cross the threshold of this immense mansion in the heart of the Marais every day.
They come to pawn gold jewelry for a few hundred euros, benefit from advice on personal finance management, or even have a coffee at the Griffon, named after the mythological animal with the body of a lion, wings and head of a lion. The eagle, emblem of all municipal credits in France.
“And yet we are little known, some even think that we no longer exist…”
laments Jeanne Mougel, director of communications, digital and marketing at Crédit municipal de Paris.
This centuries-old institution on Rue des Francs-Bourgeois owes its existence to a rare historical figure, Théophraste Renaudot.
This brilliant doctor, born into a Protestant family in Vienna, went down in history as the father of the first press gazette.
He was also a great philanthropist, friend of Richelieu.
Converted to Catholicism, he was made…
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