The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève () is a hill overlooking the

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of the

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in the

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, France. It was known to the

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as .Hilaire Belloc, ''

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

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and the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. The side streets of the Montagne feature bars and restaurants, for example, in the Rue Mouffetard. Moreover, the former campus of the ''

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'', located on the Montagne, now is the Ministry of Research. 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, established a school on the Montagne; twenty-six years later, Abelard returned, in the year 1136.

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