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Paris - Montparnasse

The Montparnasse quarter of Paris is now almost more celebrated for the 59 story Tour Maine- Montparnasse than for the old artists' colonies whose last remnants have survived in the southern part of the 14th arrondissement.

While between the turn of the century and the First World War Montmartre and in the decade following the Second World War Saint-Germain-des-Prés were the haunt of artists and intellectuals, this role fell during the 20s and 30s to Montparnasse.

Must-see attractions nearby:
Among the habitués of the cafes, bars and restaurants at the intersection of Boulevard du Montparnasse and Boulevard Raspail - the Dôme, the Coupole, the Select, the Rotonde - were Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller and James Joyce. Here too were the studios of Matisse, Kandinsky, Modigliani and Chagall. The cafe-restaurant Closerie des Lilas was the domain of the poets Paul Fort and Guillaume Apollinaire, and Jean- Paul Sartre was a regular customer.
Transit
Metro: Vavin, Edgar Quinet, Montparnasse Bienvenue; Bus: 28, 48, 58, 68, 82, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95.

Related Attractions

Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain
This new building is designed by the architect, Jean Nouvel. The exhibitions present contemporary art by international and French artists.
Address
Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain
261 boulevard Raspail
F-75014 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed11:0011:0011:0011:0011:0011:00
Close 22:0020:0020:0020:0020:0020:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips
Group visit should reserve one day in advance. Guided tour reserves one day in advance. Documentation available in foreign languages.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Transit
Metro: Raspail; Buses: 38, 68.
Memorial du Marechal leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Liberation de Paris et Musee Jean Moulin
These museums use modern technical such as audio-visual resources that lead in the footsteps of Moulin and Leclerc.
Address
Memorial du Marechal Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Liberation de Paris et Musee Jean Moulin
Dalle Jardin Atlantique
23 allée de la 2 DB
F-75015 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 17:4017:4017:4017:4017:4017:40
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips
Group visit and guided tour reserve in advance.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Montparnasse Cemetery
Montparnasse is Paris's third largest cemetery, opened in 1824. It contains the graves of Charles Baudelaire, Ossip Zadkine and Tristan Tzara (Avenue de l'Ouest), César Franck and Guy de Maupassant (Avenue du Boulevard), André Citroën (Avenue Thierry), Camille Saint-Saëns and Vincent d'Indy (Avenue du Nord) and the double grave of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir (section 20, to right of entrance.
Address
Montparnasse Cemetery
3 boulevard Edgar Quinet
F-75014 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open8:008:008:008:008:008:309:00
Close17:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:30
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Transit
Metro: Edgar Quinet; Buses: 38, 83, 91; RER: Port Royal
Musée Adzak
The museum displays the work by Roy Adzak. It is also an international meeting place. There will be some temporary exhibitions from different countries.
Address
Musée Adzak
3 rue Jonquoy
F-75014 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open3:003:003:003:003:003:003:00
Close19:0019:0019:0019:0019:0019:0019:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips
Group visit reserves one month in advance. Documentation available in foreign languages.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Transit
Metro: Plaisance.
Musée Antoine Bourdelle
This museum contains works by the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, a pupil of Rodin; periodic special exhibitions of modern sculpture.
The most outstanding pieces in the museum are busts of Rodin, the writer Anatole France, and portraits of Beethoven.
Address
Musée Bourdelle
18 rue Antoine Bourdelle
F-75015 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Always closed on:
1945 Victory Day (May 8)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Ascension Thursday - Christian (May 17)
Tips
Group visit and guide tour reserve one month in advance. Documentation available in foreign languages.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Transit
Metro: Montparnasse Bienvenue; Buses: 28, 48, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96.
Musée Lenine
This apartment was where the Lenine family lived from July 1909 to June 1912.
Address
Musée Lenine
4 rue Marie-Rose
F-75014 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:309:309:309:309:309:309:30
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Tips
Closed all bank holidays and one month in the summer. By appointment only.
Musée Zadkine
The Musée Zadkine contains work by the Russian-French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, displayed in the garden, the house and the studio in which he worked from 1928 to his death.
Address
Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air / Musée Zadkine
Quai Saint Bernard
F-75005 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 17:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:30
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
1945 Victory Day (May 8)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Bastille Day - France (July 14)
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday) - Christian (May 28)
Ascension Thursday - Christian (May 17)
Tips
Group visit and reserves one day in advance. Permanent collection: free admission. Admission charge for temporary exhibitions. Guide tour reserves one day in advance. Documentation available in foreign languages.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Transit
Metro: Vavin
Musée de la Poste
The Musée de la Poste in Paris contains the history of postal services and philately; library and phototheque.
Address
Musée de la Poste
34 boulevard de Vaugirard
F-75015 Paris
France
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00Closed
Close18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
1945 Victory Day (May 8)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Bastille Day - France (July 14)
Assumption Day - Christian (August 15)
All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1)
Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday) - Christian (May 28)
Ascension Thursday - Christian (May 17)
Tips
Group visit and guide tour reserve 15 days in advance.
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Transit
Metro: Montparnasse Bienvenue
Musée national des Granges de Port-Royal
This museum contains Philippe de Champaigne's paintings and the history of Port-Royal and Jansenism. This is the old building of Petites Ecoles.
Address
Musée national des Granges de Port-Royal
F-78114 Magny-les-Hameaux
France
Hours
January 5 to March 14
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:30ClosedClosedClosed10:3010:30
Close 18:00 18:0018:00
March 15 to November 8
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:30Closed10:3010:3010:3010:3010:30
Close18:30 18:3018:3018:3018:3018:30
November 9 to December 20
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:30ClosedClosedClosed10:3010:30
Close 18:00 18:0018:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips
Group visit should reserve one day in advance. Guided tour reserves one month in advance. Documentation available in foreign languages.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Observatoire de Paris
The Paris Observatory has old and modern astronomy instruments. It operates as a research center in astronomy and astrophysics.
Address
Observatoire de Paris
61 avenue de l'Observatoire
F-75014 Paris
France
Tips
Group visit reserves 3 months in advance. Guided tours by appointment only. Photography prohibited.
Guides
Interpretive sessions sometimes available.
Transit
Metro: Denfert-Rochereau
Tower of Montparnasse in Paris.
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