{{Short description|Prison in France}} {{Expand French|date=January 2026 |topic=struct}} thumb|250px|right|The Mazas Prison c. 1876–1880 The '''Mazas Prison''' ({{langx|fr|Prison Mazas}}) was a prison in Paris, France.
Designed by architects Émile Gilbert and Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe, it was inaugurated in 1850 and located near the Gare de Lyon, on the Diderot boulevard.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perrot |first=Michelle |title=História da vida privada |publisher=Companhia das Letras |year=2010 |isbn=9788571640825 |editor-last=Ariès |editor-first=Philippe |edition=2 |volume=4 |location=São Paulo |pages=289 |language=pt |trans-title=History of Private Life |chapter=À márgem: solteiros e solitários |trans-chapter=By the margins: the lone and unmarried |editor-last2=Duby |editor-first2=Georges}}</ref> It is mentioned in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. The building was destroyed in 1900.
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==External links== {{commons category|Prison Mazas}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110323022200/http://ecrits-vains.com/ballades/balade16/balade16.htm Webpage with information and a picture of the prison] (in French)
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Category:1850 establishments in France Category:19th century in Paris Category:Defunct prisons in Paris Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1850 Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1900 Category:1900 disestablishments in France Category:19th-century architecture in France
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