THE MONTPARNASSE AREA (14th district)

Montparnasse is the business area of Paris. It is famous for its tower ; the Montparnasse Tower which is a business centre.

MUSEUMS

- The Zadkine Museum (Musée Zadkine)
Museum about the work of the sculptor Ossip Zadkine.

- The Antoine Bourdelle Museum (Musée Antoine Bourdelle)
This museum houses more than 500 pieces of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle : bronzes, marble statues, ...

- The Post/Mail Museum (Musée de la Poste) Museum about the history of the French post/mail ; about philately and about foreign posts/mail.

Other things to see in this area

- The Montparnasse cemetery
It houses the gravestones of famous people like Sainte Beuve, Maupassant, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Brancusi, Man Ray, Soutine, Baudelaire, ...

- The Observatory of Paris (Observatoire de Paris)
It houses the office of international time.

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