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Latin Quarter - Saint Germain des Pres.
Since the Middle Age the left bank quarter in Paris has been dominated
by the Sorbonne University , and acquired its name from the early
latin-speaking students. It dates back to the Roman town across
the Ile de la Cité. In 1215 the Pope approved the establishment
of a university on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Students
and teachers alike settled in the area and since Latin was the
official language of education at that time, the area came to
be called the Latin Quarter.
The area is generally associated with artists, intellectual and a bohemian way of life; this is mainly due to the thousands of students living around.
But the left bank also has a history of political unrest : In 1871, the Place Saint Michel became the center of the Paris Commune, and in may 1968, it was a site of student uprising.
Today the eastern half has become sufficiently chic, however, to house members of the French Establishment.
The left bank contains many of the Paris monuments, museums and gardens, ranging from the brand-new Institut du Monde Arabe to the Middle Age Musée de Cluny, or the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in the Jardin des Plantes.
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