Quartier Vavin

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Académie de la Grande Chaumière

Historic site

Photo: Mu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France. The impeding closure of the school in July 2025 received major criticsm from art heritage groups. Académie de la Grande Chaumière is situated 200 metres south of Quartier Vavin.

Luxembourg Gardens

Park

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The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat, is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Mines Paris – PSL

University

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The Mines Paris – PSL, officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, also known as École des mines de Paris, is a French grande école and a constituent college of PSL University. Mines Paris – PSL is situated 660 metres east of Quartier Vavin.

Places in the Area

Montparnasse

Suburb

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Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.

6th arrondissement

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As with Paris itself, the 6th Arrondissement 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…

Left Bank

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris. 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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