Best Culture in Latin Quarter, Paris

Guide: Pantheon, Cluny, Books, and the Sorbonne

The Latin Quarter culture guide is about civic memory, medieval art, book culture, and the Sorbonne's academic presence. This route keeps the area from becoming only cafes and nightlife.

• PantheonThe Pantheon is a neoclassical monument with a vast dome, frescoed interior, Foucault pendulum, and crypts for major French figures including Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Marie Curie, and Josephine Baker.
• Musee de ClunyMusee de Cluny is the museum of medieval art, known for the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, medieval jewellery, sculptures, stained glass, carved ivories, manuscripts, and the remains of Roman baths beneath the building.
• Shakespeare and CompanyShakespeare and Company is an English-language bookshop and literary landmark facing Notre-Dame, with packed shelves, reading rooms, author events, and a long association with writers passing through Paris.
• Sorbonne Chapel and Place de la SorbonnePlace de la Sorbonne opens toward the Sorbonne's historic academic complex and the Chapelle Sainte-Ursule de la Sorbonne, the domed 17th-century chapel associated with Cardinal Richelieu. The chapel is a landmark of the university quarter even when interior access is limited.