Rive Gauche
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La Rive Gauche (The Left Bank) is the left bank of the Seine River in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two halves; the Right Bank, to the north, and the Left Bank, to the south.
The Left Bank is one of the city's most romantic districts. This is the Paris of another era; the Paris of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and dozens of other members of the great artistic community at Montparnasse.
More than simply a geographical region, the Left Bank has become a name for a particular style of life, fashion, or "look". Some of its famous streets are the Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, and the Rue de Rennes.
Le Quartier Latin (pronounced /kaʁtje latɛ̃/ and meaning “Latin Quarter” in French) is a Left Bank area in the 5th arrondissement so named because it has been the center of Paris's university life for over seven hundred years.
Compare with Right Bank for additional facts about Paris.
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