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JARDIN DES
PLANTES QUARTER

Founded in 1626 as the royal medicinal plant a botanical school. Head to the daily market
gardens, this tranquil area soon became a on Rue Mouffetard to buy cheese and wine,
scientific laboratory and botanical research then enjoy a picnic lunch in the gardens.
centre. It is dominated by the Jardin des Another calm respite from the busy city is the
Plantes, but it also contains three galleries of Institut du Monde Arabe, with panoramic
the Natural History Museum, a small zoo and views across the Seine to Notre-Dame.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Streets Museums and Galleries Restaurants see pp303–5
4 Arènes de Lutèce 2 Musée de la Sculpture en 1 L’Agrume
6 Rue Mouffetard Plein Air 2 Chez Gladines
Places of Worship 9 Muséum National d’Histoire 3 Dans les Landes
Naturelle
4 Marty
7 St-Médard q Fondation Jérôme 5 Mavrommatis
8 Grande Mosquée de Paris
Seydoux-Pathé
Modern Architecture w Mobilier National et La
1 Institut du Monde Arabe Manufacture des Gobelins
Squares, Parks and Gardens
3 Ménagerie
5 Place de la Contrescarpe Pont de
0 Jardin des Plantes Sully
Quai Saint-
Bernard
0 metres 400
R DES FOSSES ST-BERNARD Q U A I S A I N T
R U E
Cardinal B E R N A R D 0 yards 400
Lemoine
R DU CARDINAL LEMOINE RUE MONGE R U E Jussieu R U E C U V I E R Jardin-des-
R DES BOUL ANGERS
Plantes
Pont
R THOUIN RUE ROLLIN d’Austerlitz
J U S S I E U
JARDIN DES PLACE
R DES ARENES L I N N É VALHUBERT
PLANTES
RUE
R U E L A C E P E D E
Place Q U A I
de Gaulle
Monge CLEF LA RUE B U F F O N Gare Pont C
RUE MONGE DE R U E G E O F F
d’Austerlitz
TOURNEFORT
PLACE L LARREY R U E
Gare
HERR RUE d’Austerlitz D ’ A U S T E R L I T Z
RUE MOUFFETARD
S e i n e
SQUARE
Censier C E N S I E R MARIE CURIE
Daubenton BOULEVARD DE L'HÔPITAL
R LHOMOND
R U E RUE DAUBENTON R O Y S T - H I L A I R E R U E P O L I V E A U
Saint
Marcel
R U E D U F E R A M O U L I N L’ESSAI RUE DE
BO U LEV A RD S AI N T M AR C EL
R DE LA CLEF
RUE COYPEL L E V A R D D E L ' H Ô P I T A L
Les D'ARC Quai de la Gare
R JEANNE
Gobelins L E B R U N Campo Formio
R U E D U B A N Q U I E R R U E P I N E L R U E J E N N E R R U E B R U A N T Chevaleret
R U E
RUE ESQUIROL
RUE RUBENS
R DE CAMPO-FORMIO
R U E J E A N N E D ' A R C
B O U RUE FAGON Nationale
A V E N U E D E S G O B E L I N S
Place d'Italie
See also Street Finder
400m
map 13, 17–18
Pedestrians strolling in the Jardin des Plantes For keys to symbols see back flap
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