Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a Catholic located in the quarter of Paris. It was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I, the son of Clovis, King of the Franks.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: abbey located in Paris, in France
  • Also known as: Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres” and “Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orsay Museum and Sciences Po.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a in , France, on the of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. is situated 1 km northwest of Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

College
or Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies, is a public research university located in , France, that holds the status of grande école and the legal status of grand établissement. is situated 400 metres west of Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Museum
The , also simply the Musée Delacroix, is an art museum dedicated to painter Eugène Delacroix and located in the at 6, rue de Furstemberg, , . is situated 100 metres northeast of Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Germain-des-Prés and 6th arrondissement.

Quarter
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is one of the four administrative quarters of the , , located around the church of the former Abbey of .

As with itself, the is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…

The in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the capital city of . The defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…

Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Latitude
48.85395° or 48° 51′ 14″ north
Longitude
2.33449° or 2° 20′ 4″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V83M+HQ
Geo­Names ID
6696091
Wiki­data ID
Q334186
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