Latin Quarter

The Latin Quarter of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: urban university campus in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “Latin Quarter, Paris”, “Quartier latin”, and “Quartier Latin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Collège de France and Panthéon.

University
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The , founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment in . It is located in near .

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The is a monument in the , France. It stands in the , on the , in the centre of the , which was named after it.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 5th arrondissement and Left Bank.

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The of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Also commonly known as the "Latin Quarter" because the first great Parisian university, the Sorbonne, was founded here and Latin was the language the medieval period students used once to speak.

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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…

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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…

Latin Quarter

Latitude
48.8486° or 48° 50′ 55″ north
Longitude
2.34252° or 2° 20′ 33″ east
Open location code
8FW4R8XV+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2038017580
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q321621
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Latin Quarter” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Quartier Latin”
  • Arabic: “الحي اللاتيني”
  • Asturian: “barriu llatín de París”
  • Asturian: “barriu llatino de París”
  • Azerbaijani: “Latın məhəlləsi”
  • Basque: “Auzo Latinoa”
  • Basque: “Latin auzoa”
  • Basque: “Latindar auzoa”
  • Belarusian: “Лацінскі квартал”
  • Catalan: “Barri Llatí de París”
  • Chinese: “拉丁区”
  • Chinese: “拉丁區”
  • Czech: “Latinská čtvrť”
  • Czech: “Quartier latin”
  • Danish: “Latinerkvarteret”
  • Danish: “Quartier Latin”
  • Dutch: “Quartier Latin”
  • Esperanto: “Latina Kvartalo”
  • Esperanto: “Quartier latin”
  • Estonian: “Ladina kvartal”
  • Finnish: “Latinalaiskortteli”
  • Finnish: “Quartier latin”
  • French: “Quartier latin de Paris”
  • French: “quartier latin”
  • French: “Quartier latin”
  • German: “Lateinisches Viertel”
  • German: “Quartier Latin”
  • Greek: “Καρτιέ Λατέν”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע הלטיני בפריז”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע הלטיני”
  • Hungarian: “Quartier Latin”
  • Indonesian: “Latin Quarter”
  • Irish: “Quartier Latin”
  • Italian: “Quartiere latino”
  • Japanese: “カルチェ・ラタン”
  • Japanese: “カルチエ・ラタン”
  • Japanese: “カルチェラタン”
  • Japanese: “カルチエラタン”
  • Japanese: “カルティエ・ラタン”
  • Japanese: “ラテン区”
  • Korean: “라탱 지구”
  • Korean: “라틴 지구”
  • Korean: “카르체 라탄”
  • Korean: “카르티에 라탱”
  • Korean: “카르티에라탱”
  • Latin: “Vicus Latinus”
  • Lithuanian: “Lotynų kvartalas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Quartier latin”
  • Malay: “Latin Quarter, Paris”
  • Malay: “Latin Quarter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Latinerkvarteret”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Latinarkvarteret”
  • Norwegian: “Latinerkvarteret”
  • Papiamento: “Quartier latin”
  • Persian: “کارتیه لاتن”
  • Persian: “محله لاتن”
  • Persian: “محلهٔ لاتن”
  • Persian: “محله لاتین”
  • Polish: “Dzielnica Łacińska”
  • Portuguese: “Quarteirão latino”
  • Portuguese: “Quartier Latin”
  • Romanian: “Cartierul Latin”
  • Romanian: “Quartier latin”
  • Romanian: “Quartier Latin”
  • Russian: “Латинский квартал”
  • Spanish: “Barrio latino de paris”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Latino de París”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Latino”
  • Spanish: “Quartier Latin”
  • Swedish: “Quartier Latin”
  • Turkish: “Quartier Latin”
  • Ukrainian: “Латинський квартал”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu phố La Tinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu phố Latin”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu phố Latinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận La Tinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Latin”
  • Vietnamese: “Quartier Latin”
  • Welsh: “Quartier latin”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉丁區”

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Notable Places Nearby

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