~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