Maubert-Mutualité: history and sights
Served by: metro line 10.
Did you know?
In the Middle Ages, Place Maubert was a major centre of university teaching, where students attended open-air lectures before the founding of the Sorbonne. It also served as a public execution site until the 16th century.
Anecdote
The name 'Maubert' likely derives from 'Maître Aubert', a theologian who taught there in the 12th century.
Around Maubert-Mutualité
- La Tour d'Argent, 550 m away — A historic restaurant overlooking the Seine, claiming origins dating back to 1582 and famous for its numbered duck dish served since 1890.
- Musée de Cluny, 300 m away — The national museum of the Middle Ages, home to the famous Lady and the Unicorn tapestries.
- Shakespeare and Company, 300 m away — A famous English-language bookshop founded in 1951, a hub of Parisian literary life facing Notre-Dame.
- Institut du Monde Arabe, 600 m away — A cultural centre with an iconic modern architecture, its south façade inspired by traditional mashrabiya screens.