It is safe to say that this and it's surrounding area is the playground of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wilde , Curie and many more philosophers, artist , writers and scientists.
"Latin Quarter is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. The area gets its name from the Latin language ( aka the language of Science and Law) was widely spoken in and around the University during the Middle Ages, after the twelfth century philosopher Pierre Abélard and his students took up residence there."
It is one of the oldest districts in Paris
Places of interest to visit in the Latin quarter:
St. Michel Fountain- the fountain was constructed in memory of the former Saint Michel Chapel in Isle de la Cite
Jardin du Luxembourg -
"Situated on the border between Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Latin Quarter, the Luxembourg Gardens, inspired by the Boboli Gardens in Florence, were created upon the initiative of Queen Marie de Medici in 1612. The gardens, which cover 25 hectares of land, are split into French gardens and English gardens. Between the two, lies a geometric forest and a large pond. There is also an orchard with a variety of old and forgotten apples, an apiary for you to learn about bee-keeping and greenhouses with a collection of breathtaking orchids and a rose garden. The garden has 106 statues spread throughout the park, the monumental Medici fountain, the Orangerie and the Pavillon Davioud. There are many activities and facilities for children such as puppets, rides and slides. Adults, whether they are Parisians or tourists, can play chess, tennis, and bridge or remote control boats. The cultural programme is characterized by free photography exhibitions on the garden railings and by concerts in the bandstand.
The Luxembourg Gardens, a symbol of rare elegance, were the prestigious venue for the long palm events at the 1900 Paris Games, illustrating its remarkable contribution to Olympic history." source : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/jardin-du-luxembourg-p1063
Shakespeare and Company Bookstore
"The bookshop was founded by American George Whitman at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, Kilometer Zero, the point at which all French roads begin. Constructed in the early 17th century, the building was originally a monastery, La Maison du Mustier. George liked to pretend he was the sole surviving monk, saying, “In the Middle Ages, each monastery had a frère lampier, a monk whose duty was to light the lamps at nightfall. I’m the frère lampier here now. It’s the modest role I play.”
"When the store first opened, it was called Le Mistral. George changed it to the present name in April 1964—on the four-hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth—in honor of a bookseller he admired, Sylvia Beach, who’d founded the original Shakespeare and Company in 1919. Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookshop in the heart of Paris, on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame. Since opening in 1951, it’s been a meeting place for anglophone writers and readers, becoming a Left Bank literary institution."
"When the store first opened, it was called Le Mistral. George changed it to the present name in April 1964—on the four-hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth—in honor of a bookseller he admired, Sylvia Beach, who’d founded the original Shakespeare and Company in 1919. Her store at 12 rue de l’Odéon was a gathering place for the great expat writers of the time—Joyce, Hemingway, Stein, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Pound—as well as for leading French writers.
Through his bookstore, George Whitman endeavored to carry on the spirit of Beach’s shop, and it quickly became a center for expat literary life in Paris. Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Anaïs Nin, Richard Wright, William Styron, Julio Cortázar, Henry Miller, William Saroyan, Lawrence Durrell, James Jones, and James Baldwin were among early visitors to the shop."
Latin quarter is home of many Paris universities including
Sorbonne University
"is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as one of the first universities in Europe. Marie Skłodowska-Curie, who came from Poland in 1891 and joined the faculty of sciences of the Sorbonne, was also the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne. Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie are considered the founders of the modern-day Faculty of Science and Engineering of Sorbonne University." source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbonne_University
the first first printing Press in France was in the Latin quarter
"The first book printed in France: Epistolae ("Letters"), by Gasparinus de Bergamo. The book was printed in 1470 by the press established by Johann Heynlin"
The Pantheon
"is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter (Quartier latin), atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it."
Jardin des Plantes
"Paris' royal botanical garden, originally founded to cultivate medicinal plants under the rule of King Louis XIII in the 17th century. It was here where France's royal botanist kept their medicinal plants and where France brought new botanical specimens from all over the world, such as the coffee plant, to be studied." source: https://www.tripsavvy.com/things-to-do-in-the-latin-quarter-4126405
The Musée de Cluny
is a museum of medieval art in Paris. It is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
"The Hôtel de Cluny was built in the Gothic style in 1485 as the town residence of the abbots of Cluny. It was constructed next to the ancient Gallo-Roman public baths.
National Museum of Natural History , France
"is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Jardin des Plantes on the left bank of the River Seine. It was formally founded in 1793, during the French Revolution, but was begun even earlier in 1635 as the royal garden of medicinal plants. The museum now has 14 sites throughout France"
Saint Germaine des Pres
located on the 6th Arrondissement near LAtin quarter is were one can find many historically fascinating cafes.
"The quarter's cafés include Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore, le Procope, and the Brasserie Lipp, as well as many bookstores and publishing houses. In the 1940s and 1950s, it was the centre of the existentialist movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir). It is also home to the École des Beaux-Arts, Sciences Po, the Saints-Pères biomedical university center of the University of Paris, the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and the Musée national Eugène Delacroix, in the former apartment and studio of painter Eugène Delacroix"
Le Deux Magot
Even if not in Paris , one can still channel the cafe's spirit in my Brooklyn kitchen
Les Deux Magots
Brasserie Lipp
Cafe de Flore
Le Procope
Opmerkingen