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The Rue de Tournon is full of ST-GERMAIN-DES-PRES
elegant architecture, boutiques S e i n e
and old bookshops. At No. 12 is LATIN
the Grand Hôtel d’Entragues, QUARTER
reconstructed by Neveu in the
18th century during Louis XVI’s reign. LUXEMBOURG
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JARDIN DES
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MONTPARNASSE
Locator Map
See Central Paris Map pp16–17
Key

3 . Palais du Luxembourg Suggested route
In 1794, during the Revolution, the painter
Jacques-Louis David was imprisoned here
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R U E D E V A U G I R A R D R 4 . Fontaine Médicis
The 17th-century fountain is in the style of an Italian
grotto and is thought to have been designed by
Salomon de Brosse.
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Sainte Geneviève, the
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wealthy 5th-century
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owner. When Paris
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was invaded by the
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Huns in AD 451, she
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friends that the
city would be spared –
their prayers were
answered. This statue
by Michel-Louis
Victor (1845) pays
homage to her.
The Octagonal Lake (Grand
Bassin), attributed to Jean-
François Chalgrin, is surrounded
by formal terraces where visitors
to the gardens often sunbathe.
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