Latin Quarter

This article deals with the student district in Paris, on the one in Cologne see Kwartier Latäng ; on the film by Augusto Genina see Quartier Latin (1928) ; on the cultural institution on Berliner Potsdamer Strasse see Quartier Latin (Berlin) .

The Latin Quarter (German Latin Quarter ) is the traditional student district in Paris . Its name is derived from the fact that the students and scholars of the nearby Sorbonne spoke Latin there for a long time .

Université de la Sorbonne seen from the place de la Sorbonne

Old town street, Rue de la Huchette

Palais du Luxembourg (seat of the Senate ) and its garden

Pantheon

Collège de France

The term Latin Quarter does not refer to a quarter in the strict sense of the division of the Parisian administrative structure (the area belongs mainly to the 5th arrondissement ), but an area with imprecise boundaries, largely on the slopes of the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève , in which the activities of Parisians are University as well as a number of other educational institutions. The Latin Quarter is one of the few places with remnants of the old town of Paris before it was redesigned by Georges-Eugène Haussmann in the 19th century.

Many writers have lived in the area or have written about it - Honoré de Balzac , Gabriel García Márquez and Klaus Mann are examples. In May 1968, the Latin Quarter was one of the scenes of student unrest . Today the quarter is characterized by tourism and gastronomy, but is still home to important academic institutions. Rents have risen, so students can hardly live there - if they do, then in the chambres de bonne , the former maids' rooms. Today, in addition to the Sorbonne ( Paris I , Paris IV ), the Latin Quarter is home to the École normal supérieure and Mines ParisTech . The most famous French high schools -  Henri IV and Louis le Grand  - are also located there. This is where the selection of the French elite begins with the so-called classes préparatoires , which prepare for the entrance exams for the elite universities ( Grandes écoles ) after graduating from high school .

places

Monuments and museums

• Pantheon
• Collège des Bernardins
• Musée national du Moyen Age
• Palais du Luxembourg , seat of the Senate
• Jardin du Luxembourg
• Musée du Luxembourg
• Hôtel des Monnaies

Roman ruins

• Arènes de Lutèce
• Thermes romains

Libraries, schools and colleges

• Sainte-Geneviève library
• Collège de France
• École national supérieure des mines de Paris
• École nationale des chartes
• École normal supérieure (ENS Ulm)
• École spéciale des travaux publics, du bâtiment et de l'industrie
• Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI ParisTech)
• Institut catholique de Paris
• Institut supérieur d'électronique de Paris
• Lycée Fénelon
• Lycée Henri-IV
• Lycée Lavoisier
• Lycée Montaigne
• Lycée Louis-le-Grand
• Lycée Saint-Louis
• Sorbonne
• Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas
• Université de Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle
• Université Paris IV-Sorbonne
• Université Paris Descartes
• Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
• Université Paris VII-Denis-Diderot

Churches and monasteries

• Église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont
• Saint-Sulpice de Paris
• Église Saint-Séverin
• Chapelle de la Sorbonne
• Couvent des Cordeliers
• Hotel de Cluny

Jewish seminary and synagogue

• Séminaire israélite de France

Entertainment venues

• Paradis Latin
• Théâtre de l'Odéon
• Le Caveau de la Huchette

See also

• Montagne Sainte-Geneviève
• Place Saint-Michel
• Rue Mouffetard
• Based on the Latin Quarter, the area around the University of Cologne is called Kwartier Latäng , because there are also many pubs and restaurants and thus forms the student quarter of Cologne.
• GDR cultural center Paris (1983–1990)

Web links

Commons : Latin Quarter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Latin Quarter (photos from 1900)

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 5 ″  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 35 ″  E