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Bourdelle Museum
Housed around a small garden and including the artist’s studio
and apartments, it is devoted to Rodin’s pupil Antoine Bourdelle,
who, among other works, created the Modernist relief friezes at
the Theatre des Champs Elysees.
U.N.E.S.C.O
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Visitors are welcome and it often hosts exhibitions. In the outer
courtyard are sculptures by Henri Moore, James Calder, and Giacometti;
inside there is a painting by Picasso, ‘The Fall of Icharus’,
and a tapestry by the architect Le Corbusier. There is also a lovely
Japanese garden and meditation area. By the garden is an angel from
the façade of a Nagasaki church destroyed by the atomic bomb
during WWII.
Tour Montparnasse
Around blvd. du Montparnasse are many cinemas and there is a
shopping complex at the foot of Tour Montparnasse. The Tour itself
is rather an ugly but at night the view from the top is absolutely
stunning as it includes the lit Eiffel Tour, which sparkels on
the hour for ten minutes.
Blvd du Montparnasse
Blvd du Montparnasse is lined with cafes and restaurants which
are evocative of the exciting period when the area was "hip".
The large Art Deco brasserie, 'La Coupole', at #102, which opened
in 1927 with columns decorated by different artists; the famed ëDomeí
at #108, now a luxurious fish restaurant and bar, the 'Rotonde'and
the late-night cafe, ëLe Selectí at #99. Further east along the
boulevard is the legendary ëLa Closerie des Lilasí a favorite with
Picasso and Hemingway, Lenin and Trotsky, and still has a clientele
of politicians and publishers.
There are many good Breton creperies off blvd. Du Montparnasse
as Gare Montparnasse serves the northwest coast of France and in
the 19th century many immigrants from Britanny settled here.
Jardin de l'Atlantique
The Garden is suspended 18 metres above the railway tracks of Gare
Montparnasse. It was built in 1995 is an interesting green oasis
with rest areas, trees and fountains.
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