The Latin Quarter is on the left bank of the Seine in the 5th and 6th districts of Paris . The Latin Quarter is an area with undefined borders formed around the University of the Sorbonne . He received his name thanks to the Latin language taught at the Sorbonne since that language became the international language of teaching in the Middle Ages . Currently, not only the Sorbonne, but also several other institutions of higher learning . And its the quarter is due to a large number of attractions: the Pantheon, the Luxembourg Gardens, the Museum of the Middle Ages, the Cluny Terme, the Boulevard San Michel - the most tourist street in Paris, and the pedestrian street Mouffetard .