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Monument to Balzac

A sculpture by Auguste Rodin in memory of the French novelist Honoré Balzac. The artwork is sometimes considered the first truly modern sculpture.

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Cimetière de Montparnasse
Montparnasse Cemetery
The burial place of existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, feminist Simone de Beauvoir (both of whom lived nearby); musician Serge Gainsbourg; artist Man Ray; the poets Charles Baudelaire, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Sainte-Beuve, and Marguerite Duras; the founders of the Theatre of the Absurd Samuel Becket and Eugene Ionesco; the sculptors Constantin Brancusi and Ossip Zadkine; the composers Camille de Saint-Saens and César Franck; the actors Maria Montez and Jean Seberg; the French officer Alfred Dreyfus; the founder of the Larousse encyclopedia, Pierre Larousse; the industrialist André Citroen, and many others.
16 Mar-5 Nov: Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00, Sat 08:30-18:00, Sun 09:00-18:00; 6 Nov-15 Mar: Mon-Fri 08:00-17:30, Sat 08:30-17:30, Sun 09:30-17:30
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Pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki
Japanese interpretation of French patisserie.
Tue-Sat 11:00-19:00, Sun 10:00-18:00
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Marché bio Boulevard Raspail
The market sells organic fruit and vegetables.
Sun 09:00-15:00
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Port-Royal Abbey
Famous people who stayed here include Marie de Rohan, intriguer during the Fronde; Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, future mistress of a duke of Savoy; Marie Angélique de Fontanges, mistress of Louis XIV, died here giving birth to his child who also died. Today its main cloister (illustration) forms part of the modern Hôpital Cochin.