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~La Quartier Latin
~La Sorbonne
~Musee du Cluny
-Home to Paris’s oldest and most famous university.
-Built in the Middle Ages.
-Home to artists, intellectuals, and the bohemian way of life.
-Also home to Boulevard St- Michel, St-Severin, and St-Julien-le-Pauvre.
St-Severin(right)
St-Julien-le-Pauvre(below)
-Acquired it’s name from the early Latin-speaking students
-Home to many of Paris’s monuments.
-Paris’s oldest university.
-Built in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon.
-He built it to teach 16 poor students about theology.
-Now it has over 2 million works in its library, and a growing student body.
-In 1469, 3 printing machines were brought over and used inside the Sorbonne making it the first printing house in France.
-Has a very high international reputation and is placed among Europe's most important university.
-In 1792 it was closed by the Revolutionary Government but was
later reopened by Napoleon.
-After the pope approved the idea of teaching students without
money, it became the University of Paris.
-The only remnants of the old college is the trace of the chapel.
-Has one of the world’s finest collections of Medieval Art.
-Built in 1500 by Jacques d’Amboise.
-Has some of the most famous tapestries and paintings in the world.
-Now officially known as Musee National du Moyen Age
-504 years old
-Built on the ruins of a Gallo-Roman baths complex, which is
now partly restored