The Latin Quarter of Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine, around the Sorbonne University, gets its name from the Latin language, which, as the international language of learning in the Middle Ages, was once widely spoken in and around the University. The Latin Quarter is the home to a number of higher education establishments besides the university itself, such as the École Normale Supérieure, the École des Mines de Paris (a ParisTech institute), the Schola Cantorum, and the Jussieu university campus…