The history of the fifth district of Paris

After the ancient Romans occupied the city established by Gauls on Dai Xi Island, they built a criss-crossing road network around "Cardo" (the north-south central axis that all ancient Roman cities can find)-today's Saint Jacques Road.

Today, the city center is between St. Jacques Road 172 and 174, which is the top of St. Geneva. The cross axis (east-west axis) is not obvious in Paris.

The central square of the city, located on Soufflot Road between St. Michel Avenue and St. Jacques Road today, was built in A.D. 1 century. At that time, the square was equivalent to the range from today's Cujas Road to Malbrancq Road.

There are also several baths in this ancient city, which are located at the junction of St. Michel Avenue and St. Germain Avenue today, next to the French Academy. In the east of the city, Biye River bypasses Mount Saint Genevieve and joins the Seine River on a small bridge.

The city built by the Romans at that time started from Shengchonggu Road in the south today and went to Pot-de-Fer Road in the east today. The name of la montagne Sainte-Geneviève ve comes from a legend: when the Hungarians invaded, a young girl from Nanterre who lived on this mountain shouted to the frightened people, and the collective prayer she organized finally saved the city from looting.

In the church of Saint Etienne-Dumont at the top of the mountain, there is also the body box of Saint Geneviere.

This monastery once had a group of monks named génove fain, and now it has become Henry IV Middle School. The name comes from the name of this monastery. Legend has it that Clovis I was buried in this monastery, but in fact no royal mausoleum was found here.

The left bank of Paris was completely destroyed by the Germans in 885 AD. It was not until 1 1 century that the city was really rebuilt. /kloc-in the 20th century, the palace walls of King Philip II were located in today's Foces-Saint Jacques Road, Este Rappard Road, Descartes Road, Cardinal-Lemoine Road and Foces-Saint Bernard Road. The main palace gate is located on the north side of the present St. Michel Avenue, St. Jacques Road and Contray Scarp Square.

Strolling along the ancient Roman road, the town of Saint Medal is located on the Bi Ye River. The town still retains its church and the suburb of Saint Marcel (between today's Collégiale Road, Avenue Saint-Marceau and Fossés-Saint-Marcel Road). It was built on a large Roman cemetery, where the ninth Bishop of Paris was buried.

The city did not expand further until modern times. Some colleges of the University of Paris were built in this block, which gave the region the name "Latin quarter" (all knowledgeable people spoke Latin at that time). 1257, Father Robert de Sorbonne established a college here, which was later called Sorbonne University.

In the Middle Ages, drunken, aggressive or poor students frequented this neighborhood. It is famous for its noise and has a rather bad reputation.

Today, the Panthé on in Paris is the church of Saint Geneviere, which was built in the18th century.

During the Great Revolution, this church abandoned God and became "the altar of the motherland and freedom" and renamed it "Pantheon", which became the resting place of great men's remains. Just like its inscription on the lintel: "Great people, the motherland thanks you". During the Great Revolution, many revolutionary organizations chose to meet in this neighborhood, and the meeting place became the names of these organizations: Corday Ri Club (the political organization of Mara) met in Corday Ri monastery in the sixth district, while jacobins (the political organization of robespierre) met in the original St. Jacques monastery.

/kloc-in the 0/9th century, the rich books in the huge library of Geneva monks became the location of the library of St. Geneva University, and the monastery building became the site of a middle school, which was later Henry IV Middle School.

In the May storm of 1968, the Latin quarter became the center of protest and demonstration of college students, especially after the closure of Sorbonne University. The most famous barricade preserved in the riots is the barricade on Guy Lusack Road. Throughout the 1970s, there were several confrontations between the ultra-left youths and the police in this neighborhood.

1On May 27th, 970, the "Proletarian Left" organized a riot in this neighborhood by using the lawsuit of Jean-Pierre Le Dantek, editor-in-chief of People's Interests.

June 2 1973, 2 1, "* * Production Alliance" (1969 to 1973 French Trotskyite political organization) challenged the "new order" (1969 to1). 1980 in may 13, an independent died while trying to get rid of the police in the Jussieu campus.

After 1977, the traditional St. Pius X Catholics took over the church of St. Nicola do Scialdone in Huzhu Square.

198 1 year, an official ceremony was held in Panthé on to celebrate francois mitterrand's election as French President. 1995165438+1during the strike of civil servants in October, riots broke out in the Jussieu campus. 1998, the higher normal college was occupied in the demonstration of the unemployed.

Today, the Fifth District of Paris is first of all a university area, a knowledge center (there are many publishers and bookstores) and an important tourist area (there are many restaurants between the Seine, Saint-Germain Avenue, Saint-Michel Avenue and Saint-Jacques Road).

It is also a neighborhood with rich nightlife (there are many bars on Mouffetard Road and Descartes Road).