History Tour of the Latin Quarter of Paris

This private tour will take you to the oldest parts of the city, settled in Gallo-Roman times. We will visit the vestiges of the Roman era - thermal baths & an arena where gladiators combated (my favorite part - imagine the crowds roaring while the gladiators battled. !!) Along the way I share unique video reconstitutions of Paris during Roman times - a unique way to see the city. In the Middle Ages the Left Bank was occupied by religious houses such as the Abbey St Germain-des-Prés. Abbeys built universities (Sorbonne), giving rise to the name "Latin Quarter" as the language spoken by the students & clerics. In the 18th Century the area became a hotbed of Revolutionary insurgents. We will see where the Revolutionaries gathered, plotted their insurrections & invented the guillotine. We will visit a Renaissance Italian-style garden, the Pantheon and the final resting place of the city's patron saint - who organized the first prayer marathon to save Paris from the Huns, ending in the Roman arena.