Saint-Germain-des-Prés: history and sights
Served by: metro line 4.
Did you know?
Serves one of Paris's most legendary literary districts, famous for the cafés Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore, once frequented by Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. The nearby church is the oldest surviving church in Paris, founded in the 6th century.
Anecdote
The Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey was once one of the most powerful intellectual centres of medieval France.
Around Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Musée Eugène Delacroix, 140 m away — The painter Eugène Delacroix's final studio and apartment, preserving his paintings, drawings and prints near Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
- Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 50 m away — The oldest surviving church in Paris, founded in the 6th century, once an influential Benedictine abbey in the Middle Ages.
- Café de Flore, 150 m away — A historic café frequented by Sartre, Camus and Picasso, a symbol of 20th-century Parisian intellectual life.
- Jardin du Luxembourg, 750 m away — A vast 17th-century formal garden surrounding the Luxembourg Palace, home to the Senate, prized for its ponds and statues.