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Paris Locations - Saint Germain/Latin Quarter


Saint Germain is located on the Left Bank, across the Seine from the Tuileries and runs along the southern shore of the Seine, in the 7th and 8th arrondisement. East of boulevard St-Michel and the Musee d’Orsay are included in Saint Germain. It is an important place as it is the intellectual center of gravity where you will find bistros, bookshops, coffee-houses, galleries, nightclubs and publishing houses. The Café de Flore, the Brasserie and the Cafes Les Deux Magots (frequented by the writers of the “Lost Generation” of the 20s and 30s, and by the post World War II Existentialists). Saint Germain is blessed with interesting structures such as the Cour du Commerce St-Andre, the Cour de Rohan, the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, the Institut de France, the Palais Abbatial, the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, the Theatre National de I’Odeon and the St-Germain-des-Pres church. There are many museums in St-Germain including the Musee Eugene Delacroix, the Musee Nationale de la Legion d’Honneur, the Musee de la Monnaie and the Musee d’Orsay. Saint-Germain has the oldest church in Paris, built by the Merovingian King Childebert in 542, to house holy relics. The world’s first coffeehouse, Le Procope., which was founded in 1686 is also here.
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