Saint-Germain-des-Prés
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and the rue du Four on the south. Residents of the quarter are known as Germanopratins.
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The palace and gardens of Queen Margaret of Valois (1615 engraving)
The Abbey of Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés c. 1687
Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West (1783), portrays the American delegates posing at the 1783 Treaty of Paris meetings. The British delegates refused to pose. The painting is in the Winterthur Museum.
6th arrondissement of Paris
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The 6th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le sixième.
Terrace of café Les Deux Magots, opened in 1885 on Boulevard Saint-Germain
The Luxembourg Palace on the Rue de Vaugirard houses the Senate.
Palace Hôtel Lutetia
Corner between Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Saint-Jacques