The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève is a hill overlooking the

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of the

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in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It was known to the

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as .Hilaire Belloc, ''

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

(Methuen & Company, 1900)'' Retrieved June 14, 2016 Atop the Montagne, are the

Panthéon The Panthéon (, from the Classical Greek word , , ' empleto all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was ...

and the

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, used by the students of the

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(La Sorbonne). The side streets of the Montagne feature bars and restaurants, for example, in the

Rue Mouffetard Rue Mouffetard () is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Situated in the fifth (''cinquième'') arrondissement of Paris, Rue Mouffetard is one of Paris's oldest and liveliest neighbourhoods. These days the area has many restaur ...

. Moreover, the former campus of the ''

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'', located on the Montagne, now is the

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. On the other side of the Montagne lie the ''rue d'Ulm'' and the ''

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''. Around AD 1110, the scholar and philosopher,

Peter Abelard Peter Abelard (; french: link=no, Pierre Abélard; la, Petrus Abaelardus or ''Abailardus''; 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. This source has a detailed descr ...

, established a school on the Montagne; twenty-six years later, Abelard returned, in the year 1136.

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Landforms of Paris 5th arrondissement of Paris Restaurant districts and streets in France Sainte-Genevieve {{Paris-geo-stub

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