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Left Bank

The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the capital city of . The Left Bank defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…
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  • Type: neighborhood
  • Description: part of Paris on the south bank of the Seine
  • Also known as: “Rive Gauche”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Orsay Museum and Notre Dame de Paris.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a in , , on the Left Bank of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France.

University
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The , formerly known as the Collège Royal or as the Collège impérial founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 7th arrondissement.

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The centre of contemporary and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.

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The is perhaps the most expensive area to live in . The Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world, is here, as well as many government buildings. Many dignitaries and VIPs populate this arrondissement.

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The of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.

Left Bank

Latitude
48.8501° or 48° 51′ 0″ north
Longitude
2.3353° or 2° 20′ 7″ east
Open location code
8FW4V82P+24
Wiki­data ID
Q937773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Left Bank” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الضفة اليسرى”
  • Basque: “Ezkerraldea”
  • Basque: “Rive gauche”
  • Belarusian: “Левы бераг”
  • Bosnian: “Lijeva obala”
  • Bosnian: “Rive gauche”
  • Catalan: “Riba Esquerra”
  • Catalan: “Rive Gauche”
  • Chinese: “左岸”
  • Chinese: “巴黎塞納河左岸”
  • Chinese: “巴黎左岸”
  • Czech: “Levý břeh”
  • Czech: “Rive gauche”
  • Danish: “Venstre Seinebred”
  • Dutch: “Rive Gauche”
  • Esperanto: “Maldekstra Bordo”
  • French: “Quartier de l’Université”
  • French: “rive gauche de Paris”
  • French: “Rive gauche”
  • German: “Rive Gauche”
  • Greek: “Αριστερή όχθη”
  • Greek: “Αριστερή Όχθη”
  • Greek: “Ριβ γκος”
  • Hebrew: “הגדה השמאלית”
  • Hebrew: “ריב גוש”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी किनारा”
  • Hindi: “रिव गुश”
  • Indonesian: “Rive Gauche”
  • Italian: “Rive gauche”
  • Japanese: “パリのセーヌ河岸”
  • Japanese: “リヴ・ゴーシュ”
  • Japanese: “レフト・バンク”
  • Japanese: “左岸”
  • Korean: “좌안”
  • Korean: “파리 강남”
  • Korean: “파리 좌안”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rive Gauche”
  • Malay: “Rive Gauche”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rive gauche”
  • Norwegian: “Rive gauche”
  • Polish: “lewy brzeg Paryża”
  • Polish: “lewy brzeg”
  • Polish: “rive gauche”
  • Polish: “Rive gauche”
  • Portuguese: “Rive Gauche”
  • Russian: “Левый берег Парижа”
  • Russian: “Левый берег”
  • Slovak: “Rive gauche”
  • Slovenian: “Levi breg”
  • Slovenian: “Rive Gauche”
  • Spanish: “Margen izquierda”
  • Spanish: “Ribera izquierda del Sena”
  • Spanish: “Rive Gauche”
  • Turkish: “Rive Gauche”
  • Ukrainian: “Лівий берег Парижу”
  • Ukrainian: “Лівий берег”
  • Urdu: “بائیاں کنارہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Rive Gauche”
  • Vietnamese: “Tả ngạn Paris”

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