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Other features include chestnut trees that produce pink flowers in season, the city hall (French:
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Place Saint-Sulpice and Church of Saint-Sulpice viewed from the Rue du Vieux-Colombier
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is a large public square, dominated on its eastern side by the
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Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
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Fountain of the Four Bishops
Church of Saint-Sulpice
Place Saint-Sulpice is located in Paris
Arrondissement
6th
Quarter
48°51′3″N 2°20′0″E / 48.85083°N 2.33333°E / 48.85083; 2.33333
Church of Saint-Sulpice
Latin Quarter
6th arrondissement of Paris
Fontaine Saint-Sulpice
Joachim Visconti
Bossuet
Jean-Jacques Feuchère
FĂ©nelon
François Lanno

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