Latin Quarter

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The Latin Quarter is a historic Parisian neighborhood famed for its universities, student life, and lively cafés and bookshops.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
historic district
neighborhood
contains Boulevard Saint-Michel
Collège de France
Jardin du Luxembourg
Musée de Cluny
Panthéon
Place de la Contrescarpe
Rue Mouffetard
Rue Saint-Jacques
Rue de la Huchette
Saint-Séverin Church
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
Sorbonne University NERFINISHED
University of Paris (historical) buildings
École Normale Supérieure (rue d'Ulm)
country France
hasCharacteristic bistros
bookstores
cinemas
lively nightlife
narrow streets
student housing
tourist destination
hasCulturalSignificance important site in French literary history
symbol of Parisian intellectual life
hasPostalCodeRange 75005
75006
historicalRole center of medieval university life in Paris
hub of student protests in May 1968
knownFor bookshops
cafés
historic architecture
intellectual life
literary culture
student life
universities
languageOriginOfName Latin
locatedIn Paris
locatedOn Left Bank of the Seine
namedAfter use of Latin by medieval students and scholars
partlyIn 6th arrondissement of Paris
partOf 5th arrondissement of Paris
central Paris
timePeriodOfDevelopment Middle Ages
touristAttractionOf Paris

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