Cardinal Lemoine: history and sights
Served by: metro line 10.
Did you know?
Serves Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, where American writer Ernest Hemingway lived in the 1920s, a period he would later recount in 'A Moveable Feast'.
Anecdote
Hemingway lived at number 74 on this street while frequenting Gertrude Stein and Paris's expatriate writers' community.
Around Cardinal Lemoine
- Panthéon, 400 m away — A former church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, now a necropolis for France's great figures, with the tombs of Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo and Marie Curie.
- Arènes de Lutèce, 220 m away — A 1st-century Roman amphitheatre rediscovered in the 19th century, once able to seat 15,000 spectators.
- Place de la Contrescarpe, 230 m away — A picturesque, lively square, the heart of the bohemian Latin Quarter frequented by Hemingway in the 1920s.
- Rue Mouffetard, 450 m away — One of the oldest streets in Paris, famous for its lively food market and historic façades.