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St-Germain, Odéon & Luxembourg
Centuries ago the Église St-Germain des Prés and its affiliated abbey owned most
of today's 6e and 7e. Cafés such as Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots were fa-
vourite hang-outs of post-war Left Bank intellectuals and the birthplaces of existen-
tialism.
ÉGLISE ST-GERMAIN DES PRÉS
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Church
( 3 place St-Germain des Prés, 6e; 8am-7pm Mon-Sat, 9am-8pm Sun; St-Ger-
main des Prés) Paris' oldest church, the Romanesque Church of St-Germanus of
the Fields, was built in the 11th century on the site of a 6th-century abbey and was
the dominant church in Paris until the arrival of Notre Dame.
JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG
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City Park
( 7.30am to 8.15am-5pm to 10pm according to the season; Luxembourg) When
the weather is fine, Parisians of all ages come flocking to the formal terraces and
chestnut groves of the 23-hectare Jardin du Luxembourg to read, relax and sun-
bathe.
Top spot for sun-soaking - there are always loads of chairs here - is the southern
side of the palace's 19th-century, 57m-long Orangery (1834) where lemon and or-
ange trees, palms, grenadiers and oleanders shelter from the cold.
Montparnasse
TOUR MONTPARNASSE
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Panoramic Tower
( www.tourmontparnasse56.com ; rue de l'Arrivée, 14e; adult/child €11/8;
9.30am-11.30pm Apr-Sep, to 10.30pm Sun-Thu, 11pm Fri & Sat Oct-Mar; Mont-
parnasse Bienvenüe) A steel-and-smoked-glass eyesore built in 1974, the 210m-
high Tour Montparnasse affords spectacular views over the city - a view, we might
add, that does not take in this ghastly oversized lipstick tube.
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