Boulevard Saint-Germain

The Boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in Paris on the Left Bank (south side) of the Seine river. It curves in an arc from the Pont de Sully in the east (the bridge at the edge of the Ile Saint-Louis) to the Pont de la Concorde (the bridge to the Place de la Concorde) in the west and traverses the 5th, 6th and 7th arrondissements. At its midpoint, the Boulevard Saint-G ...

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Saint-Germain may refer to various French phenomena: the 6th century bishop of Paris, canonized as Saint Germain of Paris, who founded an abbey in the fields near Paris, now the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés which gave its name to the neighborhood and to the Boulevard Saint-Germain on the Left Bank (this area is also known as the Latin Quarter), or the bishop of Auxerre, canonized as Saint Germain of Auxerre, died A.D. 478, who founded the Carolingian abbey of Saint-Germ ...

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Café de Flore sits just off the Boulevard Saint-Germain, on the Rue Bonaparte, in Paris, France. It used to be famed for its intellectual clientele. The classic Art Deco interior of all red seating, mahogany and mirrors has changed little since the war. Like its main rival Les Deux Magots, it has hosted most of the French intellectuals during the post-war years. It is said that Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir would meet here and dis ...

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The structure, first started in 1334 combines Gothic and Renaissance elements and was formerly the town house of the abbots of Cluny; it was made into a public museum in 1833 and apart from the name it no longer possesses anything originally connected with the abbey. It is perhaps the most outstanding example still extant of civic architecture in medieval Paris. Over the centuries the structure has been many things. Most recently, in 1843, Alexandre du Sommerard, an avid collector of medieval artifacts, bought the property and ...

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Musée de Cluny, Musée de Cluny - The building, Musée de Cluny - The museum, Musée de Cluny - Miscellaneous, Musée de Cluny - References in literature

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The Ve arrondissement is the oldest arrondissement in Paris, and was first built by the Romans. The construction of the Roman town Lutetia dates back from the 1st century BC, which was built after the conquest of the Gaulish site, situated on the île de la Cité by the Romans. Area: 2.541 km² (0.981 sq. miles, or 628 acres) Population: ...

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1. Mentioned in Of Human Bondage, Chapter 44 by W. Somerset Maugham, 1915. 2. Extract from Noctambule, Ballads of a Bohemian by Robert Service, 1921. Zut! it's two o'clock. See! the lights are jumping. Finish up your bock, Time we all were humping. Waiters stack the chairs, Pile them on the tables; Let us to our lairs Underneath the gables. Up the old Boul ...

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The boulevard Saint-Michel was previously known as the boulevard de Sébastopol Rive Gauche which had swallowed up the rue des Deux Portes Saint-André, the passage d'Harcourt, the rue de Mâcon, the rue Neuve de Richelieu, the rue Poupée, part of rue de la Harpe and of rue d'Enfer, part of the former place Saint-michel and the rue de l'Est. The part of the boulevard Saint-Michel at the entrance of rue Henri Barbusse and rue de l'Abbé de l'Epée ...

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This museum houses a variety of important artifacts dating to the Middle Ages. In particular, it is renowned for its tapestry collection, which includes La Dame à la Licorne (The Lady and the Unicorn) from the so-called tapestry cycle of the same name, consisting of a series of six. Other notable works stored there include Gothic sculptures from the 7th and 8th centuries. There are also works of gold, ivory, ant ...

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Musée de Cluny, Musée de Cluny - The building, Musée de Cluny - The museum, Musée de Cluny - Miscellaneous, Musée de Cluny - References in literature

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