QUARTIER LATIN

 

This neighborhood goes from Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the Institut du Monde Arabe to the Jardin du Luxembourg. Its historical heart is the Sorbonne (which is an edifice of the Latin Quarter which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris. Nowadays, it houses several higher education and research institutions.).

 

 

Its name comes from the exclusive use of Latin in the classes given by the medieval schools and universities of the neighborhood in earlier times.

 

Headquarters of the students, who always arrange to meet at the Fontaine Saint-Michel, It is also the place of the cinemas, small Japanese restaurants of the Rue Monsieur-le-Prince, and of secondhand bookshops. It is an amazing mix of influences : a lot of history and culture, but also a really young population of students which gives the district an air of vitality and excitement.