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Les Deux Magots (French pronunciation: [le dø maɡo]) is a famous café and restaurant situated at 6, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris' 6th arrondissement, France. [1] It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual elite of the city. It is now a popular tourist destination.
The Rue des Grands-Augustins is a street in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Louis XIII received the sacrament in the Rue des Grands Augustins, one hour after the assassination of his father Henry IV .
Its presence displeased the authorities of the neighboring Collége des Quatres-Nations (the present Institut de France) and in 1689 they moved again, this time to the rue des Fossés des Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés (the modern rue de l'Ancienne‑Comédie), where they remained until 1770. The poor condition of the theater roof forced them to ...
It includes educational institutions such as the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the Institut de France, as well as Parisian monuments such as the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, the Pont des Arts, which links the 1st and 6th arrondissements over the Seine, Saint-Germain Abbey ...
The Rue Bonaparte (French pronunciation: [ʁy bɔnapaʁt]) is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.It spans the Quai Voltaire/Quai Malaquais to the Jardin du Luxembourg, crossing the Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Place Saint-Sulpice and has housed many of France's most famous names and institutions as well as other well-known figures from abroad.
The tomb of René Descartes is currently in the church of Saint Germain-des-Prés. The building at 4-6 rue de l'Abbaye, in the Art Nouveau style by architect Charles Labro, was selected as one of the six best new facades in Paris in 1901, in the Competition of facades of the City of Paris, an honor also received that year by Jules Lavirotte and ...
Rue des Patriarches / Place Bernard Halpern; Rue de l'Estrapade / Rue Thouin; Rue Geoffroy Saint Hilarie / Rue Poliveau; 6th arrondissement. Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés; Place Saint-Sulpice; Pont Neuf, Quai des Grands Augustins; Rue Vavin, at the Rue Bréa; Place Saint-André-des-Arts; A large model at the Esplanade Pierre-Vidal-Naquet. 8th ...
It was a place where gentlemen of fashion might drink coffee, the exotic beverage that had previously been served in taverns, or eat a sorbet, served up in porcelain cups by waiters in exotic "Armenian" garb. [10] [page needed] The escorted ladies, who appeared at the Café Procope in its earliest days, soon disappeared.