Faculty of Arts of Paris.

About Faculty of Arts of Paris

The Faculty of Humanities of Paris, commonly known as the "Sorbonne", was one of the four faculties of the University of Paris, refounded in 1896, and an independent entity from 1808 to 1896, based in the Sorbonne building, in Paris. It was the heir to the Faculty of Arts of the old University of Paris, founded around 1200, and to the College of Sorbonne, founded in 1270.