Named from the Latin language which was the learning language in the Middle Ages, widely spoken in and around the Sorbonne University. Tradition has been sustained with the Foundation of the Collège of the Sorbonne and and the Collège of France.

Do not miss:

-The Pantheon, initially built to become a church, it became a monument dedicated to honour great historical figures and events of the History of France.

-The Jardin des Plantes, one of the oldest public garden in Paris after the Tuileries garden, is the main botanical garden in France and home of the Natural History Museum

-The Cluny Museum, National Middle-Ages Museum

-Saint Séverin and the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, 2 of the oldest districts of Paris. They have retained the original names of the streets and many houses.

To visit:

-The Sorbonne and the Collége de France, church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, the Mosque of Paris, the Institut du Monde Arabe (World Arabic Institute), Carrefour de l'Odéon, Arènes de Lutèce (Lutetia in Latin is the former name of Paris-the amphitheatre is among the most important remains from the Gallo-Roman era in Paris)