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Ok hoping you are enjoying the ride as I, with my many posts on my eternal Paris taking advantage I am in the area for a while.  This time with new pictures let me tell you  a bit more on one of the must see in Paris, do you read me, walk!!! walk Paris I did all over and the beauty is many monuments are so close to each other you will have a full list of monuments in a short while. OF course, many of these I have already entered but even if do there is time to see many in a small radius Paris is walkable ,just do it.  Now a bit on the wonderful fabolous Place Saint Michel of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Place Saint-Michel is located in the Sorbonne and the Monnaie neighborhoods of the 5éme and 6éme districts of Paris . It owes its name to the proximity of the Pont Saint-Michel (bridge), which was located in the vicinity of the Chapel Saint-Michel du Palais. It lies on the left bank of the Seine river facing the Île de la Cité, to which it is linked by the Pont Saint-Michel. 

There is a version that says the square was name in honor of Michèle de France, daughter of King Charles VI in the 14C. Other version has it, it owes its name to the proximity of the Pont Saint-Michel bridge, which was located near the Chapel Saint-Michel du Palais.  The square was created during the breakthrough of Boulevard Saint-Michel, in 1855 under Napoleon III. The breakthrough of this square led to the disappearance of the Place du Pont-Saint-Michel, part of the rue Saint-André-des-Arts, part of the rue de l’Hirondelle and part of quai des Grands-Augustins. The Saint-Michel bridge built in the 14C was redone at the same time as the square. The Place Saint Michel officially takes its name in 1864.

Notable buildings here are at No. 1: On the site of the current Café du Départ (good one indeed), stood the Caveau du Soleil d’Or, where several Blanquists (excentric revolutionaries) were arrested in 1866, including Raoul Rigault, Gaston Da Costa, Charles Longuet, Gustave Tridon, and Eugène Protot. The lawyer Gustave Chaudey defended them. Later, at this same No. 1, stood the Café de l’Avenir, where the Cercle des Hydropathes met for a time. No. 6: Count Meyners d’Estrey, a member of the Société d’Anthropologie as of February 21, 1884, resided at this address. At No 3 was one of my favorite business hangouts in the city Le Saint Séverin with views in or in the terrase to the square and fountain. Now sadly closed. No. 7: The square also houses the Espace Saint-Michel art house cinema. The monumental fountain (see post) was created by Gabriel Davioud in 1860. It features a statue of Saint Michael slaying the Devil, a work by Francisque-Joseph Duret, flanked by two water-spouting dragons. The Gibert Jeune bookstore, (my favorite but sadly now all closed ) founded in 1886 by Joseph Gibert on the Quai Saint-Michel, developed and expanded around the square, eventually occupying several shops. The square overlooks the Pont Saint-Michel. In 2000, a Millennium Fountain was installed in the square, opposite No 2.

The Paris tourist office on the Quartier Latin: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/timeless-paris-a897

The Paris tourist office on the 5éme arrondissement de Paris:  https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/explore-paris-s-5th-arrondissement-a820

There you go another dandy in my eternal Paris, a wonderful area of many memories forever. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Place Saint Michel of Paris !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!