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18-573: The Square René Viviani is a city park located slightly to the north of the Gothic church of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, built at the same time as Notre-Dame Cathedral and consequently one of Paris' oldest churches. Disaffected during the Revolution, in the 19th century the ruinous church was taken over by the city's Greek Melchite Church and is today the center of that religious community in Paris. The Square

36-499: A Roman thermae . The 5th arrondissement covers some 2.541 km (0.981 sq. miles, or 628 acres) in central Paris. The population of the arrondissement peaked in 1911 when the population density reached almost 50,000 inhabitants per km . In 2009, the population was 61,531, while 48,909 worked in the arrondissement. An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but

54-506: A favorite. Consequently, hospitals, hospices, and churches all over Europe adopted Julien as their patron. He was also a patron saint of hunters, innkeepers, and ferrymen; traveling pilgrims often prayed for his help in finding comfortable lodgings. Before 1909, this plot was occupied by one of the annexes of the Hôtel-Dieu , the ancient Paris hospital on the nearby Île de la Cité. In even earlier times, monastic buildings, dormitories and

72-622: A refectory belonging to the Clunesian priory of St. Julien, occupied this site. Earlier still, this place was a cemetery established next to a 6th-century basilica, the original Church of St. Julien. Merovingian -era graves and tombs were excavated near the walls of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre during the 19th century. Some of the relics are now in the Carnavalet Museum . Here and there on the square, there are odd pieces of carved stone. They are pieces of architectural rubble salvaged from

90-643: A species commonly known as a locust tree, is believed to have been planted by its namesake, Jean Robin (1550–1620), in 1601, from a seed brought back from the Appalachian Mountains in the United States; if so, it has now been standing on the rive gauche for over four hundred years. It is supported by two concrete crutches. The tree lost its upper branches to a shell during World War I, but it proves its continuing vitality by blooming every year. Despite some speculation about its true age, it

108-778: Is an irregular polygon in shape, bounded by the Rue Galande and church buildings to the south; by the Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre on the west; by the Quai de Montebello to the north; and by the Rue Lagrange and the Rue du Fouarre on the east. The Rue de la Bûcherie ends on the western side of the square, but it resumes its course on the eastern side, and the Pont au Double , a bridge to the Île de la Cité , lies across

126-632: Is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France . In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as le cinquième . The arrondissement, also known as Panthéon, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine . It is one of the capital's central arrondissements. The arrondissement is notable for being the location of the Latin Quarter , a district dominated by universities, colleges, and prestigious high schools since

144-610: Is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. The V arrondissement is the oldest arrondissement in Paris, and was first built by the Romans. The construction of the Roman town Lutetia dates back to the 1st century BC, which was built after the conquest of

162-403: Is universally recognized as the oldest tree in the city. The Square René Viviani is: It is served by lines 4 and 10 . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Square René Viviani is named for the French political figure René Viviani (1863–1925) who, notably, was France's first Minister of Labour. After several old buildings standing on the site were cleared away in 1928, including an annex of

180-724: The Gaulish site, situated on the île de la Cité by the Romans . Saint-Hilaire is a ruined 12th-century church in Paris, active until the French Revolution . The Ministry of Higher Education and Research has its head office in the arrondissement. Sony Computer Science Laboratories  [ ja ] (ソニーコンピュータサイエンス研究所) Paris is located in the arrondissement, and the Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer (BEAmer) at one time had its head office there. As part of

198-637: The 12th century when the University of Paris was created. It is also home to the National Museum of Natural History and Jardin des plantes in its eastern part. The 5th arrondissement is also one of the oldest districts of the city, dating back to ancient times . Traces of the area's past survive in such sites as the Arènes de Lutèce , a Roman amphitheatre , as well as the Thermes de Cluny ,

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216-474: The 1970s, the Annick Gendron contemporary art gallery was established at no. 1. The dissection amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine where Jacques-Bénigne Winslow taught is still located on the Rue de la Bûcherie. The name come from the ancient "Port aux bûches", a port where logs were put down. 5th arrondissement of Paris The 5th arrondissement of Paris ( V arrondissement )

234-535: The Cathedral of Notre Dame, when, during the 19th century, the exterior of the cathedral was partially restored by the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc . Many of the most seriously degraded pieces of carved limestone were replaced by newly carved reproductions, and the older pieces were eventually deposited here. The square is noted for being the site of the oldest planted tree in Paris . The Robinia pseudoacacia ,

252-527: The Place de l'Odéon, which first published James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses and was a literary center for English-speaking writers until it was closed in 1941 when Germany occupied France. Inside the square, there are two features, other than the lawns, walkways, well-trimmed plane trees, and benches, that deserve a mention here. There is an odd-looking fountain, known as the Saint Julien fountain, that

270-474: The Quai de Montebello from the square. The Square René Viviani offers one of the best views of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in all of Paris. Around the corner, in the Rue de la Bûcherie, stands the well-known English-language bookshop, Shakespeare and Company , established in 1951. In 1964 founder George Whitman named it after Sylvia Beach 's former legendary bookshop and independent publishing house near

288-457: The poorest. In the 17th century, La Voisin , a chief personage in the famous affaire des poisons , which disgraced the reign of King Louis XIV , lived here. Nicolas-Edme Rétif , the French novelist , lived on the Rue de la Bûcherie during the years leading to his death in 1806. Until the late 1970s, the place was a popular Parisian street with mixed modest restaurants (Lebanese, Asian, Pakistani), antiques dealers, and art galleries. In

306-664: The public hospital across the river, the empty space was arranged to be a public park. Rue de la B%C3%BBcherie The Rue de la Bûcherie is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris , France. Near the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris and the Place Maubert , between La Seine and the Boulevard Saint-Germain , the Rue de la Bûcherie is one of the oldest Rive Gauche streets. In the Middle Ages , damaged meats were salted and boiled there to feed

324-538: Was erected in 1995. It is the work of the French sculptor, Georges Jeanclos (1933–1997), and it is emblematic of the legend of St. Julien the Hospitaller , a tale, now largely discounted, involving a curse by witches, a talking deer, a case of mistaken identity, a horrific crime, several improbable coincidences, and a supernatural intervention. The story was told and retold during the Middle Ages, and it became

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