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SAINT GERMAIN DES PRES:
After World War II, Saint germain des Pres became synonymous with intellectual life centred on bars and cafés. Philosophers, writers, actors and musicians mingled in the cellar nightspots and brasseries, where existentialst philosophy coexisted with American jazz. The area is now smarter that in the heyday of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, the enigmatic singer Juliette Grécot and the new-wave film makers (such as Godard and Truffaut) |
