Rue des Minimes, Paris

thanks to Timour Jgenti

Here is what I know about Mersenne and the Minim house:

In 1619, Mersenne moved to the Minim "Convent of the Annunciation and Saint François de Paule, just off the Place Royale", in Paris. (Dear, pg 14)
"[The Minims] were favored by French royalty" (Houle)
I recall reading something to the effect that Mersenne conducted his first Mass in some palace.
"[The Minim house] was located two streets from the Palais Royal in the Marais section of Paris on a street that is still called "rue des Minimes." (Houle)
"As favorites of the French royalty who often subvened the publication of [Mersenne's] work, the Minim house was destroyed during the French Revolution." (Houle)
Their house was close to the Bastille (1651).
The Place Royale is now called the Place des Vosges
Mersenne was probably buried in the convent graveyard. The graveyard itself must be really buried by now. His grave may have been destroyed by the revolutionaries. Same with the grave of the Minim founder, François de Paule, in Tours(?).

Where exactly is Mersenne's birthplace, Oize/Maine (ici?)? I know it is near Le Mans. Is there a map on the Internet?

There is a "rue des Minimes" in Paris, Orleans, Blois, Courbevoie, Compiegne, Trest, and Bruxelles, Belgium and many more cities, I'm sure. There is a Minim church in Bruxelles.

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Central Paris
The Place de la Bastille is center, far right. The red circles with "M" are Metro (subway) stations. Find the Chemin Vert Metro station north of the Bastille, then go slightly east to find rue des Minimes. The Cathedral of Notre Dame is in the lower left. The Palais Royal (Musée du Louvre) is off the map, west of the Bastille.
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Le Marais and Place de la Bastille
In the center, east of the Chemin Vert Metro station is rue des Minimes. Two blocks long, it runs east and west. The beautiful Place des Vosges is just to the south. The Place de la Bastille is visible in the enlarged image.
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Vista Points
This is Timour's sketch illustrating where photographs 1, 2 and 3 (below) were taken.
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Photo 1
Facing northeast, the corner of rue des Minimes and rue de Turenne.
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Photo 2
Facing west, the corner of rue des Minimes and rue de Béarn. Also visible, to the left, is the rear end of a Ford illegally parked by some self-styled photographer [Timour Jgenti].
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Photo 3
Facing northeast, the corner of rue des Minimes and rue de Béarn. The scofflaw Ford is behind the camera.
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