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Montparnasse

Montparnasse (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃paʁnas])(French   ) is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail. Montparnasse was absorbed into the capital's 14th arrondissement in 1669 .

The area also gives its name to:

  • Gare Montparnasse: trains to Brittany, TGV to Rennes, Tours, Bordeaux, Le Mans; rebuilt as a modern TGV station;
  • The large Montparnasse – Bienvenüe métro station;
  • Cimetière du Montparnasse: the Montparnasse Cemetery, where Charles Baudelaire, Constantin Brâncuși, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, and Susan Sontag are buried
  • Tour Montparnasse, a lone skyscraper
  • The Pasteur Institute is located in the area. Beneath the ground are tunnels of the Catacombs of Paris.

    Students in the 17th century who came to recite poetry in the hilly neighbourhood nicknamed it after "Mount Parnassus", home to the nine Muses of arts and sciences in Greek mythology.

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse (French: Les Amants de Montparnasse), also known as Montparnasse 19, is a 1958 French-Italian drama film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani who worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

    It was originally directed by Max Ophüls, but he died of rheumatic heart disease while shooting interiors on the film, so his name was credited as dedicatee; his friend Jacques Becker took over after Ophüls's death and completed filming.

    There are at least two versions of the film; the longer version is about 2 hours long and has more scenes featuring the character of Léopold Zborowski.

    Cast

  • Gérard Philipe as Amedeo Modigliani
  • Lilli Palmer as Beatrice Hastings
  • Lea Padovani as Rosalie
  • Lino Ventura as Morel
  • Gérard Séty as Léopold Zborowski
  • Arlette Poirier as Lulu
  • Anouk Aimée as Jeanne Hébuterne
  • Lila Kedrova as Mme. Zborowsky
  • Marianne Oswald as Berthe Weil
  • Judith Magre as The Prostitute
  • Tour Montparnasse

    Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower), also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre (689 ft) office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231 m (758 ft) Tour First. As of February 2015, it is the 17th tallest building in the European Union. The tower was designed by architects Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis Hoym de Marien and built by Campenon Bernard.

    Location

    Built on top of the Montparnasse – Bienvenüe Paris Métro station, the 59 floors of the tower are mainly occupied by offices. The 56th floor, with a restaurant called le Ciel de Paris, and the terrace on the top floor, are open to the public for viewing the city. The view covers a radius of 40 km (25 mi); aircraft can be seen taking off from Orly Airport. The guard rail, to which various antennae are attached, can be pneumatically lowered.

    Criticism

    The tower's simple architecture, large proportions and monolithic appearance have been often criticized for being out of place in Paris's urban landscape. As a result, two years after its completion the construction of buildings over seven stories high in the city center was banned.

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    France Bleu Isere Varied France
    Sea FM Coutances Varied France
    Delta FM Saint Omer Adult Contemporary France
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    Radio Gospel France Christian Contemporary,Gospel,Christian France
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    Delta FM Dunkerque Adult Contemporary France
    Sweet FM Varied,Top 40 France
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    Clubbin Radio Dance,Electronica France
    Radio Chopin Classical France
    Radio Espérance Enseignement Religious,Christian France
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    Fréquence Plus Pop France
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    Carrément Mash Up Experimental France
    Variation Varied France
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    Nostalgie Poetes Varied France
    France Bleu Armorique Varied France
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    Jazz Radio Ladies&Crooners Jazz France
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    M2 80 Rock,80s,Pop France
    Generations Rap US Rap France
    Radio Liberté (FR) Varied France
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    Alouette Easy,Contemporary France
    Jazz Radio Soul Food Radio Jazz France
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    Montparnasse

    by: Songdog

    As you tripped from my arms I could tell you were
    unimpressed,
    And close by the Pont Notre Dame you bought some
    chocolate cake and I rolled a cigarette,
    I said ‘Why don’t we take the metro back to our room?’
    You said ‘For Christ’s sake, not yet’.
    And the heavens opened and we got soaked to the skin on
    the Boulevard St Michel ….
    And at the hotel with some Pinot Grigio and a bag of
    skunk,
    I said ‘Come lie down here, mademoiselle’,
    But in my arms you were as limp as a doll, limp as a
    body they’d dredge from the Seine,
    Then you sat in the window looking out at the lights
    and the clock ticked loud as a train,
    I knew you wished you were anywhere else, and it’s like
    I went insane ….
    And it’s somebody else’s night out there and someone
    else’s rain,
    And somebody else’s panic I feel and someone else’s
    pain,
    And every love longs to be betrayed and then be
    betrayed again,
    And it never works out OK like in a movie …..
    When we got home, ‘Let’s pretend it never happened’ you
    said,
    But you don’t answer your phone ….
    One rainy night I saw you out walking home with a crowd
    of friends,
    It was getting dark and I wanted to speak, I don’t
    remember when,
    By then you seemed in such a different world and your




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