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Louvre - the most important public
building at Paris, both architecturally and on account of its treasures
of art, rises between the Rue de Rivoli and the Seine. The Louvre perhaps derives its name from an ancient rendez-vous of
wolf-hunters, known as the Lupara, Lupera, or Louverie. It is usually... |
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Montmartre - the most direct way of reaching the basilica of the Sacré-Cœur
from the central quarters is to go by the Métropolitain to the Place d'Anvers.
The Butte Montmartre is a hill famous in the annals of Paris,
rising to a height of 330 ft. above the Seine. According to tradition... |
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Marais is the district to the N.E. of the Hôtel
de Ville, bounded by the Rue de Rivoli, Rue St. Antoine,
Rue du Temple, and Boul. Beaumarchais. In the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, in the W. of this quarter, are the Archives Nationales, established in the old
Hôtel de Soubise. This building occupies... |
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The Cité is the most ancient part of Paris.
Here lay, in the time of Caesar, the Gallic town of Lutetia Parisiorum. The Paris of the Romans and the Franks was confined to the
same site, with the addition of a small settlement on the left bank
of the Seine. At a later period the town gradually extended... |
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Quartier Latin - the quarter on the left bank of the Seine, to the S. of the Cité,
which comprises the 5th Arrondissement (Pantheon) and the E. portion of the 6th (Luxembourg), is well known by the name of the
Quartier Latin. From time immemorial learned societies have had
their
headquarters here... |
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St. Germain - the quarter on the left bank opposite the Louvre and the Tuileries, within the 6th Arrondissement (Luxembourg) on the E. and
the 7th (Palais-Bourbon) on the W., is the residential centre of the
French noblesse, whose stately mansions are found principally in
the W. portion. Until... |
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