Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris

The Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, commonly abbreviated with the acronym BHVP, is a public library specializing in the history of the city of Paris, France. Formerly in the Hôtel Saint-Fargeau, when it was also known as the Bibliothèque Saint-Fargeau, since 1969 the BHVP has been located in the Hôtel d'Angoulême Lamoignon at 24 rue Pavée, in the Marais in Paris.

The old city library was located in the Paris Hôtel de Ville, which fire destroyed in May 1871. In 1872, pursuant to a bequest by Jules Cousin, the city moved to create a library devoted entirely to the history of the capital: the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris.

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