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2 Boulevard 5 Place Maubert
St-Michel 75005. Map 13 A5. q Maubert-
Mutualité.
75005 & 75006. Map 12 F5 & 16 F1.
q St-Michel, Cluny-La Sorbonne. From the 12th to the middle of
W Luxembourg. the 13th century, “La Maub” was
one of Paris’s scholastic centres,
Cut through the area in 1869, with lectures given in the open
the boulevard initially gained air. After the scholars moved
fame from its many literary to the new colleges of the
cafés, but nowadays many Montagne Sainte-Geneviève,
have been replaced by the square became a place of
clothes shops. Nos. 60–64 torture and execution, including
house the Ecole Nationale that of the philosopher Etienne
Supérieure des Mines, one of Dolet, who was burnt at the
France’s leading engineering stake in 1546.
schools (see p175). In the Place Inside St-Julien-le-Pauvre So many Protestants were
St-Michel, marble plaques burnt here in the 16th century
commemorate the many ambulatory circling the that it became a place of
students who died here chancel. In 1684, the Grande pilgrimage for the followers
in 1944 fighting the Nazis. Mademoiselle, cousin to Louis of the new faith. Its dark
XIV, adopted St-Séverin after reputation has been replaced
breaking with St-Suplice and by respectability and a notable
had the chancel modernized. street market.
The burial ground here, which
is now a garden, was the site of
the first operation for gall stones 6 Musée de
in 1474. An archer who had la Préfecture
been condemned to death was de Police
offered his freedom by Louis XI
if he consented to the operation 4 Rue de la Montagne Sainte-
and lived. (It was a success, and Geneviève 75005. Map 13 A5.
the archer went free.) In the Tel 01 44 41 52 50. q Maubert-
garden stands the church’s medi- Mutualité. Open 9:30am–5pm Mon–
eval gable-roofed charnel house. Fri, 10:30am–5:30pm 3rd Sat of month.
Closed Sun & public hols. 8 by appt.
4 St-Julien-
le-Pauvre A darker side to Paris’s history is
illustrated in this small, rather
79 Rue Galande 75005. Map 13 A4. Tel old-fashioned museum.
01 43 54 52 16. q St- Michel. W St Created in 1909, the collection
Michel-Notre-Dame. Open 9:30am– traces the development of the
Door of St-Séverin church decorated with 1:30pm, 3–6:30pm daily. 5 12:15pm police in Paris from the Middle
carved stone arches Tue & Thu, 11am Sun. Concerts. See Ages to the 20th century.
Entertainment p338. ∑ sjlpmelkites.fr Curiosities on show include
3 St-Séverin arrest war rants for figures such
At least three saints can claim as the famous revolutionary
3 Rue-des-Prêtres-St-Séverin 75005.
Map 13 A4. Tel 01 42 34 93 50. to be patron of this church, but Danton, and a rather sobering
q St-Michel. Open 11am–7:30pm the most likely is St Julian the display of weapons and tools
Mon–Sat, 9am–8pm Sun. 5 daily. Hospitaller. The church, together used by famous criminals.
Concerts. ∑ saint-severin.com with St-Germain-des-Prés, is There is also a section on the
one of the oldest in Paris, dating part the police played in the
One of the most beautiful from between 1165 and 1220. Resistance and subsequent
churches in Paris, St-Séverin The university held its official liberation of Paris.
is a perfect example of the meetings in the church until
Flamboyant Gothic style. It is 1524, when a student protest
named after a 6th-century created so much damage that
hermit who lived in the area university meetings were barred
and persuaded the future from the church by parliament.
St Cloud, grandson of King Since 1889, it has belonged to
Clovis, to take holy orders. the Melchite sect of the Greek
Construction finished during Orthodox Church, and it is now
the early 16th century and the setting for chamber and
included a remarkable double religious music concerts. Weapons in the police museum

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