Rue Soufflot

"Named after the architect of the Pantheon that stand tall on the same street, this used to be the bustling centre of the Gallo-Roman city of Lutetia. Lying perpendicular to the old cardo maximus, the old North-South street now called the rue Saint-Jacques, this was the heart of trade, religion and civic duties: the forum. The traces of what once was the most important place in the entire city was lost to us during the middle-ages, but rediscovered by the archaeologist Théodore Vacquer during Haussmann's renovation of Paris in the 19th century. Unfortunately there isn't much to see of its previous glory days, a mere fragment of a wall is visible in the car park, so you will have to use your imagination here, as is sadly the case with most Roman history in Paris. "