Boulevard Raspail

Naming

History

Sites of interest

• At n° 48 is an annexe of the Banque de France at the junction of rue de Babylone.
• l'hôtel Lutetia, un grand hotel, à l'angle de la rue de Babylone, qui accueilli les déportés en 1945, à leur retour des camps nazis.
• At n° 54 is the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and at n° 105.
• At the crossroads of boulevard Raspail and boulevard du Montparnasse, also known as place Pablo-Picasso, is home of the statue of Honoré de Balzac by Auguste Rodin since 1939.
• At n° 101, is the headquarters of the Alliance française, state-funded organisation whose mission is to spread French language and culture internationally; it houses a school targeted at students on linguistic exchanges or foreigners who have moved to Paris.
• At n°116–118, at the exit of the Notre-Dame-des-Champs metro station, is the statue of Alfred Dreyfus The statue was commissioned by Jack Lang of French artist "Tim" in 1985, originally meant for the courtyard of the École Militaire where Dreyfus was court martialled in 1895, but was placed instead on the boulevard following the speech of Jacques Chirac in July 2006, to pacify the military.
• At n° 261, is home of the Cartier Foundation since 1994. It is housed in an avant garde building by Jean Nouvel made of glass steel and concrete.
• At n° 291, is the head office of Aéroports de Paris.