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incarcerate alleged enemies of the Revolution before they were brought before the
Revolutionary Tribunal in the Palais de Justice next door.
A joint ticket for the Conciergerie and Ste-Chapelle costs €11.
PONT NEUF
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Bridge
( Pont Neuf) The sparkling-white stone spans of Paris' oldest bridge, Pont Neuf
- literally 'New Bridge' - have linked the western end of the Île de la Cité with both
banks of the Seine since 1607. The seven arches, best seen from the river, are
decorated with humorous and grotesque figures of barbers, dentists, pickpockets,
loiterers etc.
Latin Quarter & Jardin des Plantes
The centre of Parisian higher education since the Middle Ages, the Latin Quarter is
so called because conversation between students and professors until the Revolu-
tion was in Latin.
MUSÉE NATIONAL DU MOYEN ÂGE
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History Museum
( www.musee-moyenage.fr ; 6 place Paul Painlevé, 5e; adult/child €8.50/free;
9.15am-5.45pm Wed-Mon; Cluny-La Sorbonne or St-Michel) The spectacular dis-
plays at the city's medieval museum include statuary, illuminated manuscripts,
weapons, furnishings, and objets d'art made of gold, ivory and enamel. But nothing
compares with La Dame à la Licorne (The Lady with the Unicorn), a sublime series
of late-15th-century tapestries from the southern Netherlands now hung in circular
room 13 on the 1st floor.
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