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The Place du Panthéon ( las dy pɑ̃teɔ̃ is a square in the 5th arrondissement of
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, it is named after and surrounds the
Panthéon The Panthéon (, ), is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, Paris, Latin Quarter (Quartier latin), atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was built between 1758 ...
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Rue Soufflot The Rue Soufflot (; "Soufflot Street") is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the border between the Quartier de la Sorbonne and the Quartier du Val-de-Grâce. It links the Jardin du Luxembourg at the Place Edmond-Rostand on ...
, west of the Place du Panthéon, runs towards the
Boulevard Saint-Michel The Boulevard Saint-Michel () is one of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France, the other being the Boulevard Saint-Germain. It is a tree-lined boulevard which runs south from the Pont Saint-Michel on the Seine and Place ...
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Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV () is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges ('' lycées'') in France. The school educates more ...
, former
Abbey of Saint Genevieve The Abbey of Saint Genevieve (French: ''Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève'') was a monastery in Paris. Reportedly built by Clovis I, Clovis, King of the Franks in 502, it became a centre of religious scholarship in the Middle Ages. It was suppressed at the ...
, is located east of the square, just south of
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Saint-Étienne-du-Mont () is a church in Paris, France, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon. It contains the shrine of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the tombs of ...
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File:Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.jpg, Main building of Panthéon-Assas University and Panthéon-Sorbonne University on the Place du Panthéon Mairie 5e arrondissement Paris 1.jpg, Mairie du Ve arrondissement de Paris on the Place du Panthéon File:Pantheon Carte postale1.JPG, The Place du Panthéon c. 1900 File:Pantheon Carte postale2.JPG,
Sainte-Geneviève Library Sainte-Geneviève Library (, ) is a university library of the universities of Paris, administered by the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University (a public liberal arts and humanities university) located at 10, place du Panthéon, across the square from ...
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Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Saint-Étienne-du-Mont () is a church in Paris, France, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon. It contains the shrine of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the tombs of ...
, Henri-IV and the Panthéon, c. 1900 Place du Panthéon, Paris - OSM 2020.svg, Map of the Place du Panthéon


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Squares in Paris Paris is known as the ''City of Light''. Part of the credit for this ''sobriquet'' can be ascribed to long-standing city ordinances that have restricted the height of buildings in the central city. A more modest skyline, interrupted only by the ...
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