Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and the rue du Four on the south. Residents of the quarter are known as Germanopratins. It forms part of the Latin Quarter.
The areas 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, along with the rest of the Latin Quarter, it was the centre of the existentialist movement. 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.
Places in the district
- Pont Neuf660 m
- Sainte-Chapelle790 m
- Jardin du Luxembourg800 m
- Louvre810 m
- Conciergerie860 m
- Musée d’Orsay890 m
Sources
- Wikipédia (fr) : Quartier Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Wikipedia (en): Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Wikidata: Q604717
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