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Latin Quarter - Luxembourg Gardens
Paris, France

 

 

jardin des planes and natural history museum, latin quarter, Paris, France

Jardin des Plantes on the left bank, huge botanical gardens established in 1635 but not what we'd consider a must-see.

The Natural History Museum at the far end of the gardens is of interest, with exhibits on fossils, geology, insects and an excellent Gallery of Evolution focusing on the interaction between man and nature but very much targeted at kids with massive stuffed animals in natural settings.

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mosquee de paris, latin quarter, Paris, France

The Mosquée de Paris, next to the Natural History Museum.

Not just a place for Muslim prayer, Mosquée de Paris also hosts a pleasant little café and a hammam where you can steam off Paris' dirt, get a massage and have various beauty treatments such as depilation.

 

Pantheon, Paris, France

Pantheon's Foucault's Pendulum. Driven by the Earth's rotation the constantly swinging pendulum has roughly told the time since 1851. More Pantheon.

A couple of blocks after the Mosque squats the entertaining Pantheon, followed immediately by the Luxembourg Gardens, a gorgeous, colourful space, with shade and plenty of free seating if needed.

 

 

 

luxembourg gardens, latin quarter, Paris, France

Luxembourg Gardens. Much appreciated lunch-time shade in the summer, when the sun chooses to shine.

 

luxembourg gardens flowers, latin quarter, Paris, France

Or leg-browning on free chairs with plenty of impressionist colour.

 

luxembourg gardens wacky statue, paris, france

A typical Frenchman having a wild time with two mistresses (and a horse?!). Next, Marais Quarter.

 

 

Near the Luxembourg Gardens: Panthéon, La Sorbonne university, St Germain des-Pres, Notre Dame, St Chapelle, Conciergerie, Cemetery of Montparnasse.

 

 

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