Heading north, you will see the Paris Observatory , a leading astronomical observatory and research

Looking for a furnished apartment in the 14th? Click here! In the south of Paris, the 14th arrondissement contains most of the Montparnasse neighborhood.  La Tour Montparnasse  ( Montparnasse Tower ), the district’s only skyscraper, is an office building that was constructed during the presidency of forward-thinking George Pompidou. Towering over the Gare Montparnasse —a major railway terminal—la Tour Montparnasse offers aerial views of Paris that rival those of the Eiffel Tower. From the top on the 56th floor, you’ll see all of Paris, including la Tour Eiffel! While you’re up there, sit down for dinner at the up -scale and ultra-chic Le Ciel de Paris restaurant.
This calm and residential district has traditionally been home to many artists who arrived mainly jet blue airline tickets from Russia, Italy, Spain, and North America at the beginning of the 20th century. Many of them, including Ernest Hemingway, jet blue airline tickets F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Picasso, were bar buddies at restaurants such as le Dôme , La Coupole , and  La Closerie des Lilas . The Cimetière de Montparnasse ( Montparnasse Cemetery ) is the burial place of those artists who were at one time 14th district residents, including existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, feminist and writer Simone de Beauvoir, poet Charles Baudelaire, writers Guy de Maupassant and Marguerite jet blue airline tickets Duras, founders of the Theatre of the Absurd Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, jet blue airline tickets French officer Alfred Dreyfus, founder of the Larousse encyclopedia Pierre Larousse, musician Serge Gainsbourg, and many others.
At the Place Denfert-Rochereau , one of the principal squares of the 14th, a great bronze lion will greet you with a majestic gaze. Created by sculptor Bartholdi (mostly known for his Statue of Liberty in New York) the lion commemorates French Commander Denfert-Rochereau.
Also located in the square is the entrance into the depths of Les Catacombes de Paris ( the Catacombs of Paris ). A network of twisting and turning tunnels that were first excavated during the Roman period, the catacombs jet blue airline tickets now stack the remains of over 6 million burials uprooted from overcrowded cemeteries all over Paris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, following jet blue airline tickets the French Revolution. The dark and dank atmosphere is fittingly morbid with tunnels of creatively stacked piles of skulls and bones, and yet it is one of the most visited sites in Paris!
Heading north, you will see the Paris Observatory , a leading astronomical observatory and research center of France since its construction in 1671. It is the oldest still-serving observatory in the world.
Further south on a site of 235 hectares, discover the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris with its 40 houses jet blue airline tickets attributed to individual nations. This student quarter is also the home of scientists and artists from 120 countries.
The nearby Parc Montsouris is a popular place in summer for families and students to study, picnic and play. Considered one of the most colorful Parisian parks, it was opened in 1878 for Baron Haussmann, and contains a man-made lake and waterfalls that are surrounded by grass and greenery. jet blue airline tickets Scattered bronze statues sit amongst exotic varieties of trees, such as the giant sequoia and the ginkgo.
Residential and green, commercial and full of life, the 14th is a great place to settle if you’re in search of a Paris furnished jet blue airline tickets apartment rental . For fresh produce, enjoy these local open-air markets:
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