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La Ruche (residence)

La Ruche was an artist's residence in the Montparnasse district of Paris.

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La Ruche was an artist's residence in the Montparnasse district of Paris. It now hosts around fifty artists and stages art exhibitions open to the public.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Worth seeing in and around La Ruche (residence)

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Eiffel Tower

    The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.

    2.9 km · tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Musée d'Orsay

    The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900.

    3.7 km · art museum in Paris, France · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Paris

    The University of Paris was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated with the cathedral school of Paris, it was considered the second-oldest university in Europe.

    3.8 km · French university (1896–1970) · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    National Assembly

    The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate. The National Assembly's legislators are known as députés or deputies.

    3.6 km · lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sorbonne

    The name Sorbonne is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France, or one of its successor institutions. It is also the name of a building in the Latin Quarter of Paris which from 1253 onwards housed the College of Sorbonne, part of one of the first universities in the Western world, later renamed University of Paris and commonly known as "the Sorbonne".

    3.9 km · historical university and building in Paris, France · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Les Invalides

    The Hôtel des Invalides, commonly called Les Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an old soldiers' retirement home, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine.

    2.7 km · building complex in Paris, France · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

    Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, also known as Paris 1 or Panthéon-Sorbonne University is a public research university in Paris, France. It was created in 1971 from two faculties of the historic University of Paris after the May 1968 protests, which resulted in the division of the university.

    3.8 km · French university located at the heart of the Latin Quarter, in Paris · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Senate

    The Senate is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. It is made up of 348 senators elected by part of the country's local councillors in indirect elections.

    3.4 km · upper house of the French Parliament · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Grand Palais

    The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France, on Avenue Winston-Churchill. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie to prepare for the Universal Exposition of 1900.

    3.9 km · museum in Paris, France · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Jardin du Luxembourg

    The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat, is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence.

    3.4 km · urban park in Paris, France · Wikipedia

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Paris-Orly (ORY), 12 km · Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 27 km · Beauvais-Tillé airport (BVA), 70 km
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La Ruche (residence) is 4 km from Paris, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.