Rive Gauche

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rive Gauche ( French ) means left bank . With reference to Paris , it generally refers to the urban area south of the Seine , pointing beyond the direct bank area. In a narrower sense, the Rive Gauche only includes those parts of the city that are in the area of ​​the old center. These include, for example, the Latin Quarter , the area around the Church of St. Germain-des-Prés and the Montparnasse district.

Since the Sorbonne and many other educational institutes were built on the Rive Gauche , the term is also linked to the idea of ​​an intellectual and artists' quarter, in contrast to the Rive Droite (right bank), on which mainly business districts are located.

Arrangement of the arrondissements

Names of the embankment, the quays

In 1313 the quai de Nesle (today Quai de Conti) and the former rue de Seine (today Quai des Grands-Augustins) were the first paved riverside roads, at the western end of which under Charles VI. (King from 1380 to 1422) the city's first stone bridge was built on the site of today's Pont Saint-Michel .

The riverside streets of the Rive Gauche have the following names within the city limits from east to west: Quai d'Ivry, Quai Panhard-et-Levassor, Quai François-Mauriac, Quai d'Austerlitz, Quai Saint-Bernard, Quai de la Tournelle, Quai de Conti , Quai des Grands-Augustins , Quai Voltaire, Quai Anatole-France, Quai d'Orsay , Quai Branly, Quai de Grenelle, Quai André-Citroën and Quai d'Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Construction of the artificial islands

Berges de la Seine, a new waterfront park

In 2013 a new park was inaugurated on a section of the bank, the Promenade des Berges de la Seine . Partly on the former expressway, partly on artificial islands, the park is supposed to bring the city back to the river. Ecological aspects are taken into account. It is located in the 7th arrondissement between the Pont de l'Alma and the Musée d'Orsay . After the start of construction in 2008, gardens with swamp and shore plants, resting and sports areas were laid out on firmly anchored pontoons. There are various event rooms that can be rented in tipis and containers that are glazed towards the water. The pontoons can move up and down according to the water level.

Districts of the Left Bank

The Rive Gauche / Left Bank comprises parts of the following boroughs:

Left bank

The English term Left Bank , translated from French, describes a (primarily) American artist scene that found greater artistic and sexual freedom in Paris in the 1920s than at home. The artists, writers and publishers included Ernest Hemingway , Henry Miller , Anaïs Nin , Djuna Barnes , Gertrude Stein , Janet Flanner , Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven , Sylvia Beach , Bryher and Robert McAlmon .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Study by the city planning office (L'Apur) on the Berges de la Seine, 2010 . In contrast to the car-friendly city, we are talking about a redesign for pedestrians.