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Latin Quarter

Barrio Latino

The Latin Quarter is located in the 5th arrondissement, around the Soborne University. Its name derives form a group of students and teachers that gathered together and talked in the Latin idiom. It has been an educational centre since the middle Ages.

Nowadays people spend hours in the St Michel Place or the Place de la Sorbonne terraces. Wide menus are offered with Mediterranean or Asian food in Rue Mouffetard, Rue de la Huchette or Place de la Contrescarpe.

 

Cinema lovers go to Rue des Escoles for some classic movies, while political activists express their ideas in the Mutualité.

Since the Sorbone was founded in the XIII century, the Latin Quarter has been synonym of university lifestyle. There you will find roman mortal remains like the Arénes de Lutece in the Pantheon located in the Saint Genova Mountain. On the other side of the mountain you will find the Place de la Contrescarpe, a place full of cafeterias. You will also find Rue Mouffetard, one of the most antique streets of the city made up by an open-air market and many cheap hotels (consider them if you are short of money).
It is certainly the most cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Paris.

 

Barrio Latino

 










 

 

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