"On what river's ""left bank"" would you find the district of Saint-Germain-des-Près?"
Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés has been held annually in May (and early June) in the traditional intellectual district Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the surroundings on the left bank of the river Seine in Paris. The performances take place in public places and streets as well as indoor and are partly free (like a vocal jazz concert on Place Saint-Germain-des-Près). Other venues are for example the Kirche von Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Théâtre National de l’Odéon and the Fnac Music shop in Montparnasse, the Sunset and Sunside Jazz Club in the Rue des Lombards, various institutes, cultural houses, hotels and shops.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris Métro) a thousand years later the remains of the philosopher René Descartes were also buried in it. The expression "des-Prés" refers to the "Prés aux Clercs" ("fields of the scholars") used for the erection of buildings to house the University of Paris. Nearby are the Left Bank, the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots (café). Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris Métro) Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a station on line 4 of the Paris Métro, serving the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area in the heart of the Left Bank in the 6th arrondissement. The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the