Place de la Contrescarpe
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| Arrondissement | 5th |
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| Coordinates | 48°50′40″N 2°20′58″E / 48.84444°N 2.34944°E |
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| Inauguration | 1852 |
The Place de la Contrescarpe (French pronunciation: [plas d(ə) la kɔ̃tʁɛskaʁp]) is a square in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
The Place de la Contrescarpe is located along the Rue Mouffetard, at the end of the Rue Lacépède and the Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine. It is at the center of four administrative quartiers or districts; Saint-Victor, Jardin-des-Plantes, Val-de-Grâce and Sorbonne, making it a central point of the 5th arrondissement.
It has a diameter of around forty metres (130 feet) and has a circular traffic island in the middle, which is partly occupied by a public fountain.
Now popular with tourists, it contains many cafés, mostly recent. However, the facades of some buildings still show signs of the square as it used to be.
