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Paris Saint Germain-des-Prés / France

Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the Sixth Arrondissement of Paris, is a neighborhood around the old abbey church Saint-Germain-des-Prés. From the end
War Globally, the Faubourg Saint-Germain-des-Prés became one of the most prominent cultural and intellectual life of Paris. Philosophers, writers, actors and musicians mingled in the brasseries and night clubs (where bebop was invented and breweries where existentialist thought coexisted with American jazz. Music par excellence of Saint-Germain-des-Prés of the post- jazz reigned in so-called "caves" (caves) whose image and atmosphere characterized the Saint-Germain-des-Prés of the time. The most famous was Le Tabou, located at number 33, Rue Dauphine, where they played brothers Vian, and who visited a number of jazzmen Americans like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis.
Once past the turmoil of the post-Saint-Germain-des-Prés was also the favorite meeting place of the creators and actors of the 'nouvelle vague', in the late 50's and early 60's.
Now the area is more elegant than in times of Jean-Paul, Simone de Beaver, Juliette Greco or the directors of the same 'nouvelle vague', but still roam the place writers who enjoy the pleasure of sitting in Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore and other famous places. Seventeenth-century buildings remain, but there are obvious signs of change, such as antique shops, books and fashion.

»Buildings and places of interest:
" Boulevard St-Germain: The artery most famous Left Bank through three districts from the Ile St-Louis to the bridge Concorde. Its architecture is homogeneous because the Boulevard was another audacious achievements of urban planning of Baron Haussmann in the nineteenth century, but covers a wide range of styles from bohemian to bourgeois. From the east, past the Museum of Cluny and the Sorbonne. It is more lively from the Boulevard St-Michel to St-Germain-des-Prés, where tradition thrives cafes.
" Quai Voltaire: Voltaire Pier is now home to some of the most important antique Paris. Many famous people have lived in their beautiful houses of the eighteenth century, including Voltaire, at No. 27, and Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius, Oscar Wilde at 19.
"Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts (14 rue Bonaparte) [official website ]: The main French school of Fine Arts is located at the corner of Rue Bonaparte and the Quai Malaquais. It occupies several buildings, among which the Palais des Etudes, XIX century. Many painters and architects in France and abroad have crossed the large courtyard, which contains a chapel seventeenth century, to study in the school workshops.
"Musée National Eugène Delacroix (6 rue de Füstenberg) [official website ]: The pre-eminent painter Eugène Delacroix lived and worked here from 1857 until his death in 1863. Here he painted "The Burial of Christ 'and' The Road to Calvary '(now in the museum). He also created splendid murals for the Chapel of the Holy Angels in the nearby church of St-Sulpice. The studio apartment overlooking the garden has a portrait of Georges Sand, and self-portraits and sketches by Delacroix.

'Eglise Saint-Germain des Prés (3 Place St-Germain-des-Prés): It is the oldest church in Paris, built in 542 as a basilica to house religious relics. Completed in 558 and consecrated by the Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor Germain, in the church are still the remains of his real backer, the Merovingian king Childebert I. He became a powerful Benedictine abbey. Was burned by Vikings in the ninth century, rebuilt in 1000 by Abbot Morard and enlarged in 1163 by Pope Alexander III. The French Revolution of 1789 turned it on in jail in punishment for two hundred Parisians who were killed there, and then gunpowder and munitions depot which caused much of it was destroyed by fire in 1794 destroyed their armor and much of its treasures, including his famous theological library. In the nineteenth century, architects Baltard Godde and restored it and gave it its current appearance.
It remains one of the three original towers, which is one of the oldest towers in France. The interior of the church shows an interesting mix of architectural styles with marble columns of the sixth century, a Gothic vault and Romanesque arches.
Here is buried the seventeenth century philosopher Descartes. In addition, there is a small drawing by Picasso that represent a woman's head. Placed in the corner of the square Saint-Germain at the corner of Rue Bonaparte, this picture is a tribute to the poet of the English painter friend Guillaume Apollinaire.
"Rue de l'Odeon : Opened in 1779 to improve access to the Odeon Theatre was the first street in Paris who disposed of sidewalks and still holds many eighteenth century houses. The bookstore of Sylvia Beach, the original Shakespeare & Company, was ranked number 12 between 1921 and 1940. It was a meeting place for writers like James Joyce, Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway.

»St-Sulpice (Place St-Sulpice): This great church was begun in 1646 and took over a century to complete. The second tallest church in the city, built in honor of St. Sulpice the Pious, which houses within it a system for determining astronomical equinoxes designed by Henry Sully.
Built on the foundations of an ancient XIII century Romanesque church, which suffered successive expansions until 1631. In 1646, Father Jean-Jacques Olier Paris ordered the construction of a new building, which extended for more than a century. The result was a plain building with two floors, with a west wing consists of two rows of elegant columns. The harmony of the towers only break of the extremes, which are not partners.
Shows simple facade with two floors of elegant columns. The arches of the windows flood the interior light. In a chapel on the right side there are murals of Eugene Delacroix as "Jacob fighting the angel 'and' Heliodorus driven from the temple '[ Learn more at Wikipedia ] .
"Other spaces in St-Germain-des-Prés : The Abbatial Palais was the residence of abbots from 1586 until the Revolution of 1789. The Rue de Buci was for centuries a major street and the scene of tennis matches royalty. Today it houses a lively market. The Café de Flore , local favorite Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and other French intellectuals. retains its art deco decor.
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» Links and learn more: " Saint Germain-des-Prés (Wikipedia) " Eglise St-Germain-des-Prés "