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Place Saint Germain des Pres
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where this picture was taken from.
The vast public works projects of Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Urban Planner Georges-Eugene Haussmann in the 1860s dramatically changed the map of the quarter. To reduce the congestion of the narrow maze of streets on the Left Bank, Haussmann had intended to turn the rue des Ecoles into a major boulevard, but the slope was too steep, so he decided instead to construct boulevard Saint‑Germain through the heart of the neighborhood. It was not completed until 1889. Haussmann also began a wide south to north axis from the Montparnasse railroad station to the Seine. which became the rue de Rennes, between the apartment buildings in this picture. The rue de Rennes was only completed as far as this intersection in front of the Church of Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés by the end of the Second Empire in 1871, and stopped there, sparing the maze of narrow streets between boulevard Saint‑Germain and the river.
Place Saint Germain des Pres
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where this picture was taken from.
The vast public works projects of Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Urban Planner Georges-Eugene Haussmann in the 1860s dramatically changed the map of the quarter. To reduce the congestion of the narrow maze of streets on the Left Bank, Haussmann had intended to turn the rue des Ecoles into a major boulevard, but the slope was too steep, so he decided instead to construct boulevard Saint‑Germain through the heart of the neighborhood. It was not completed until 1889. Haussmann also began a wide south to north axis from the Montparnasse railroad station to the Seine. which became the rue de Rennes, between the apartment buildings in this picture. The rue de Rennes was only completed as far as this intersection in front of the Church of Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés by the end of the Second Empire in 1871, and stopped there, sparing the maze of narrow streets between boulevard Saint‑Germain and the river.