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- The name Montparnasse comes from
the nickname "Mount Parnassus", given to the neighborhood
by students who came here to recite poetry. In the 18th century, the
Boulevard Montparnasse was laid down and during the Revolution, lots
of dance floors and cabarets opened their doors. The neighborhood
became famous at the beginning of the 20th century when it was the
heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris. It attracted people
from all over the world come to experience the bohemian lifestyle;
it also found itself the home of political exiles such as Lenin and
Trotsky. The real action in the neighborhood was to be found in endless
talks in cafés like as le Rotonde, le Sélect, le Dôme, la Cloiserie
des Lilas, or la Coupole. Here the great minds gathered: Picasso,
Modigliani, Soutine, Zadkine, Paul fort, Apolinaire, Max Jacob, Hemingway,
Fargue, Breton, Cocteau, Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Miro, Fujita...
All have left their eternal mark in the memory of this area.
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The Champs Elysées on Google Earth (KMZ File)
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