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La Rive Gauche (The Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Here, the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite
Rive Droite

La Rive Droite is most associated with the river Seine in central Paris. Here the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite , to the north and the Rive Gauche , to the south....
 (Right Bank), to the north and the Rive Gauche (Left Bank), to the south.

The Left Bank is one of the city's most romantic districts.






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La Rive Gauche (The Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Here, the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite
Rive Droite

La Rive Droite is most associated with the river Seine in central Paris. Here the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite , to the north and the Rive Gauche , to the south....
 (Right Bank), to the north and the Rive Gauche (Left Bank), to the south.

The Left Bank is one of the city's most romantic districts. This is the Paris of another era; the Paris of artists, writers and philosophers, including Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso

Pablo Diego Jos? Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Mar?a de los Remedios Cipriano de la Sant?sima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was a Spanish people Painting, drawing, and Sculpture....
, Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French people poet, born in Charleville-M?zi?res. As part of the decadent movement, his influence on modern literature, music and art has been enduring and pervasive....
, Paul Verlaine
Paul Verlaine

Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolism movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de si?cle in international and French poetry....
, Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was a France artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draftsmanship. As a drawing, printmaking, and Sculpture, but principally as a Painting, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century....
, Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre , commonly known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre , was a French existentialism philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism....
, Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story author, and journalist. He was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris, France, and one of the veterans of World War I later known as "the Lost Generation"....
, F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an United States writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself....
 and dozens of other members of the great artistic community at Montparnasse
Montparnasse

Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the Rive Gauche of the river Seine, centred on the intersection of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes....
. Some of its famous streets are the Boulevard Saint-Germain
Boulevard Saint-Germain

The Boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in Paris on the Rive Gauche of the Seine river. It curves in an arc from the Pont de Sully in the east to the Pont de la Concorde in the west and traverses the 5th, 6th and 7th Arrondissements of Paris....
, Boulevard Saint-Michel
Boulevard Saint-Michel

The Boulevard Saint-Michel is one of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris . It is a tree-lined boulevard which runs south from the pont Saint-Michel on the Seine river and the Place Saint-Michel, crosses the boulevard Saint-Germain and continues alongside the Sorbonne and the jardin du Luxembourg, ending at the Place Camille Ju...
 and the Rue de Rennes.

More than simply a geographical region, the Left Bank has become a name for a particular lifestyle, fashion or "look". In 1966, Yves Saint-Laurent launched a ready-to-wear line by the name Rive Gauche. The collection was an attempt to democratize fashion, introducing elements of garments of the lower classes into high fashion.

The Latin Quarter is a Left Bank area in the 5th arrondissement, so named because originally Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 was widely spoken by students in the vicinity of the University of Paris
University of Paris

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the 12th century. In 1970 it was reorganized as 13 autonomous university . The university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne after the collegiate institution founded about 1257 by Robert de Sorbon....
.

See also

  • Rive Droite
    Rive Droite

    La Rive Droite is most associated with the river Seine in central Paris. Here the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite , to the north and the Rive Gauche , to the south....
  • Arrondissements of Paris
    Arrondissements of Paris

    The City of Paris is divided into twenty Municipal arrondissements of France, more simply referred to as arrondissements . These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements of France, which subdivide the one hundred French departments of France....