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156  FR ANCE AND THE L OW C OUNTRIES

Street by Street: Latin Quarter

Since the Middle Ages, this riverside quarter has St-Séverin
been dominated by the Sorbonne – it acquired its Begun in the 13th
name from early Latin-speaking students. The area century, this beautiful
church took three
is generally associated with artists, intellectuals, centuries to build and
and a bohemian way of life, and has a history of is a fine example of
political unrest. In 1871, the Place St-Michel the Flamboyant
became the center of the Paris Commune, and in Gothic style.
May 1968, it was one of the sites of the student
uprisings that briefly engulfed the city.
St-Michel Q U A I S T M I C H E L

P E T I T
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. Boulevard St-Michel L D
The northern end of the H E R U E
Boul’Mich, as it is affectionately C
known, is a lively mélange of M I R U E D U P E T I T P O N T
cafés, bookstores, and clothes
stores, with nightclubs and S T
experimental film houses D
nearby. V
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Cluny- La Sorbonne B L V D S T G E R M A I N U E
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Little Athens D L
takes its name L V G
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from the many B R
Greek restaurants R D A N
situated in its A G
picturesque E N E
streets. H B L V D S T G E R M A I N
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R U E D E S E C O L E S
. Musée National du
Moyen Age
The museum holds a fine
collection of medieval art,
with many beautiful tapestries.
This detail is from the late
15th-century series of tapestries
The Lady with the Unicorn. 0 meters 100
0 yards 100
For hotels and restaurants see pp206–8 and pp209–11

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