6th district

27 rue Saint Sulpice

Very elaborate porch with beautiful oculus. Hôtel de Fougeres. 17th century. Architect Charles Chamois

8 place Saint Sulpice

Door with busy Neo-Renaissance decor. Small protruding male and female heads. At the top of the door, a male bust curiously resembles the figure of Christ.

14 rue Servandoni

Finely carved panels with two medallions depicting, on the left, Saint Anne instructing the Blessed Virgin and, on the right, Jean-Nicolas Servandoni showing the plan of Saint Sulpice. It was the architect of Saint Sulpice church.

15 rue de Mézières

Curious male portrait set in a cartouche framed by foliage. The door is flanked by 2 double columns with Ionic-style capitals. Architect AF de Létoille. 1879

2 rue du Canivet

Door of a former convent. 16th century

3 rue du Canivet

Door of Hôtel de Beauveau, then Breteuil. 1730

4 rue de Buci

Very neat frame and top for this small door.

31 rue de Buci

an unexpected drape that disrupts a very balanced design of refined and discreet simplicity.

11 carrefour de l’Odéon

Curious mascaron under the rounded doorframe: male face with Egyptian hairstyle and heart-shaped mouth.

70 rue Bonaparte

Lintel adorned with a large motif of reeds waving as if underwater.

97 rue de Rennes

Lintel adorned with a medallion depicting a female profile wearing a Roman-style headdress. The medallion is framed by palm leaves.

Other doors of interest:

1 rue Danton	Rounded door with half-moon canopy above. Architect François Hennebique
1 rue Guénégaud	A cat coils over the key above the door.
10 rue Leverrier	Two figures at the base of the arch above the door. Architect H.Tassu. 1888
1 rue du Regard	Magnificent rounded porch in the Rococo style. A lion with bulging eyes adorns the base of the enormous cartouche that decorates the pediment. Architect Victor-Thierry Dailly. 1719-1737
1 rue Madame	A beautiful carriage entrance. The lintel is adorned in its center with a mascaron representing a faun. The facial expression and the shape of the mouth are directly inspired by masks used in the theater. Two richly decorated consoles support an entablature on which are placed two large vases.
105 rue de Rennes	Two sheathed caryatids frame the transom window, one hand holding the drape of their tunic, the other supporting the capital above their heads. They lean against a fluted column adorned with a twisted laurel garland and surmounted by a Doric capital. Caryatids identical to those at 20 rue d’Assas in the 6th district.
117 rue de Rennes	Building on the corner of Boulevard Raspail (No. 83). Two dolphins against a bamboo background frame two twin doors separated by an imposing Rococo-style cartouche with a large shell in the center.
110 boulevard Raspail	Cartouche with a medallion portrait of a child. Architects H. Clyatt P. Divoien. 1906
139 boulevard du Montparnasse	Door surmounted by a bull’s eye placed on a painter’s palette in memory of the painter Louis Français, who lived in this building in the 19th century.
14 rue Monsieur le Prince	Perspective decor on the wooden door leaves
15 rue Duguay Trouin	Diana the Huntress. Architect A. Walwein. 1900
16 rue Madame	rounded door
16 rue Stanislas	Faun’s head above the door
17 rue Duguay Trouin	Pilaster columns and cherubs framing a medallion with the building number
18 rue Saint Benoit	In a triangular pediment, a pelican with outstretched wings feeds four young pelicans.
18 rue des Canettes	Small door crowned with a mascaron representing Athena. Above the door, a Rocaille-style sign depicts the little ducks that gave their name to the street. 18th century.
18 rue du Cherche Midi	A beautiful rocaille-style door with a charming bull’s-eye window in the transom. Two lovely vases hang above the cornice above the door. Their placement, aligned with the corbels, creates a very harmonious whole.
184 boulevard Saint Germain	Headquarter of Société de géographie Spectacular porch with globe over the lintel and two large allegorical statues holding oars framing the rounded window above the door.
2 carrefour de l’Odéon	Bust of Hermes on the key above the door framed by oak branches
2 rue Leverrier	Door flanked by two neo-classical columns and surmounted by a lintel adorned with a mascaron depicting a moustachioed male face with slanted eyes. Carved bull’s eye above the door.
20 rue d’Assas	Two sheathed caryatids frame the transom window, one hand holding the drape of their tunic, the other supporting the capital above their heads. They lean against a fluted column adorned with a twisted laurel garland and surmounted by a Doric capital. Caryatids identical to those at 105 rue de Rennes in the 6th district.
20 rue de l’hirondelle	Salamander above the portal of what was the hotel of the Duchess of Etampes, one of François 1st’s mistresses.
27 rue Saint-André des Arts	A beautiful rocaille-style decoration adorns the transom. Of note: the exquisite wrought ironwork of the balcony just above the door
3 rue de Medicis	Two busts of men frame a carriage entrance with two oculi at the top of the door leaves.
31 rue de Buci	The door frame is adorned with a discreet frieze of stylized foliage and fruit. The door is flanked by two half-columns treated as fluted pilasters, topped with capitals reminiscent of Doric capitals. The overall effect is a very elegant blend of Art Deco and Neoclassical styles, revisited by the « antique » drapery that adorns the entablature above the door.
37 rue du Cherche Midi	Woman’s face, eyes turned to the left, surmounted by a cartouche with the inscription “J’écoute” (“I am listening”). Caduceus on door hardware.
4 rue Bernard Palissy	Carriage entrance surmounted by a large transom window. The window is itself surmounted by a large medallion featuring an eel, shells and fish. Two sheathed caryatids hold the medallion.
4 rue des Chartreux	Two little cherubs’ heads adorn the brackets supporting the entablature of the lintel. An angel decorates the façade. He holds a laurel branch above his head and, in his other hand, a carved fragment showing a head surmounted by a Doric capital. Sculptor Louis Villeminot. 1882
4 rue Férou	Satyr’s head, very fine decoration
4 rue Monsieur le Prince	Highly sculpted casements. Window framed by stone decoration above the door.
48 rue Jacob	Beautiful rounded porte cochère, rose window and foliage on the tympanum
5 rue Joseph Bara	Male mascaron who sticks out his tongue
5 rue Saint Benoit	Two seated dogs frame the lintel decorated with foliage scrolls.
50 rue de Rennes	A huge dragon towers over the door.
52 rue Saint André des Arts	Beautiful door typical of the Marais barrier
56-58 rue de Vaugirard	Large wooden carriage gate with circular patterns on the leaves
67 boulevard Raspail	Art déco. Two large, rather massive bas-reliefs frame the door. On the left, a naked man stands with two children and a dog; on the right, a naked woman with two children. Below each sculpture, one can read « Good luck. » Architect Léon Tissier, sculptor Henry Bouchard. 1913
69 rue Madame	Two small atlantes frame a sculpted lintel extolling the virtues of education, the arts, and work. Two female figures appear below the atlantes on either side of the door.
7 rue Férou	A charming single-story facade punctuated by fluted pilasters topped with Corinthian capitals. The doorway is surmounted by a triangular pediment decorated with a small medallion surmounted by a shell and framed by scrolling foliage.
7 rue Guénégaud	Very colorful ceramic door frame. Note: the mosaic decoration of the lintel composed of a vase, roses, foliage and foliage. The top of the lintel is decorated with an acanthus leaf
79 boulevard Raspail	Beautiful wrought ironwork, all curves representing trellises. The door frame is decorated with a delicate honeysuckle garland. The honeysuckle partially covers the clasp above the door. Architect Eugêne Chifflot. 1911
8 rue Leverrier	Narrow doorway. Imposing stone cartouche on the cornice.
8 rue du Regard	The symbols of the Compagnons du Devoir appear on the door.
8 rue Suger	A very small door, supposedly the smallest door in Paris.
82 rue Notre Dame des Champs	Two very chubby cherubs frame a basket of flowers. Two draped caryatids frame the window above the door.
83 boulevard Saint Germain	Two rather massive caryatids, draped in Roman-style robes, support a heavy entablature engraved with the name of the Faculty of Medicine.
9 rue Lobineau	Wolf’s head in a cartouche. Two olive branches on each side.
97 boulevard Raspail	An imposing sculpture encompasses the keystone of the door frame and the base of the balcony directly above: a bird descends towards a nest occupied by chicks, who are reaching out their beaks towards it. Extensive decoration of oak leaves.
99 boulevard Raspail	An imposing sculpture encompasses the keystone of the door frame and the base of the balcony directly above: a large sheaf of wheat sits enthroned in the center.