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LATIN QUARTER

Located on the Left Bank, the Latin Quarter garden or an ancient church. Many of these
spreads over the 5th and 6th arrondissements. charming streets, like Rue du Chat qui Pêche
One of the oldest and best-known areas of (Cat who Fishes) and Rue St-Jacques, which
Paris, this lively neighbourhood exudes a is probably the oldest in Paris, are now
Bohemian charm. It emerged in the Middle pedestrianized and filled with small cafés,
Ages as a student quarter, with the celebrated ethnic boutiques and second-hand
Sorbonne University attracting scholars from bookshops. Meet up with friends at the
all over Europe, and it continues to have a tree-lined Place St-André des Arts, an old
significant student presence today. gathering place for French artists, or wander
Bisected by Boulevards St-Germain and to the fascinating Musée de Cluny, set inside
St-Michel, most of the area is a maze of tiny old Roman baths and filled with colourful
cobblestoned streets leading to a medieval artifacts and works of art.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Streets Squares Restaurants see pp303–5
2 Boulevard St-Michel 5 Place Maubert 1 Anahuacalli
7 La Sorbonne Museums and Galleries 2 L’Atlas
8 Collège de France 3 Brasserie Balzar
1 Musée de Cluny – Musée National
Churches du Moyen Age pp154–7 4 Breakfast in America
5 Café de la Nouvelle Mairie
3 St-Séverin 6 Musée de la Préfecture de Police 6 Itinéraires
4 St-Julien-le-Pauvre 7 El Loubnane
9 Chapelle de la Sorbonne 8 Perraudin
0 St-Etienne-du-Mont 9 Le Petit Châtelet
q Panthéon pp160–61 0 metres 200 10 Le Petit Pontoise
0 yards 200
11 Le Pré Verre
Pont-St Michel 12 Shakespeare & Co Café
13 Sola
Petit Pont 15 La Tour d’Argent
St-Michel 14 Terroir Parisien
QUAI ST MICHEL
PLACE DU
HARPE RUE X PRIVAS St-Michel PETIT PONT
RUE ST SEVERIN QUAI DE MONTEBELLO
RUE DE LA
SA I NT MICHEL PARCHEMINERIE J A C Q U E S RUE DANTE RUE RUE DE LA BUCHERIE RUE MAITRE ALBERT QUAI DE S e i n e
RUE DE LA
Cluny la
R F SAUTON
Sorbonne
R U E D E B I E V R E
RUE DE CLUNY
R U E D E S B E R NA R D I N S
RUE DOMAT
RU E GALANDE LAGRANGE
Maubert
SQUARE
RUE THENARD
Mutualité
ET PLACE BLVD ST GERMAIN B LV D S T GE RM A IN Pont de la Tournelle
RUE
RUE CHAMPOLLION P PAINLEVE
R U E D E P O N T O I S E LA TOURNELLE
R U E D E S C A R M E S
RUE JEAN DE BEAUVAIS
COCHIN
B OU LEVARD PL DE LA S A I N T LATRAN R U E D E S E C O L E S RUE ST VICTOR R U E D E P O I S S Y C A R D I N A L L E M O I N E CHANTIERS Pont de Sully
RUE DE
RUE DE LA SORBONNE
QUARTIER
LATIN
RUE DES
SORBONNE
RUE DE
SQUARE
R U E V A L E T T E
P LANGEVIN
R U E M O N G E
RUE V R U E R U E IMPASSE CHARTIERE LANNEAU POLYTECHNIQUE JARDIN DE RUE D'ARRAS R U E D U RUE DES FOSSES SAINT BERNAR D
COUSIN C U J A S
RUE DE L'ECOLE
RUE DE LA MO NTAGNE STE GENEVIEVE
NAVARRE
R U E C U J A S
R U E S O U F F L O T
PLACE DU PLACE STE Cardinal
PANTHEON GENEVIEVE Lemoine
R U E
CLOTAIRE
RUE R U E D E S C A R T E S C L O V I S
R U E M A L E B R A N C H E
RUE CLOTILDE THOUIN
RUE DE L' ESTRAPADE
RUE See also Street Finder
map 12, 13, 17
Interior view of the Panthéon's dome For keys to symbols see back flap
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