James Joyce's Flat

Latin Quarter


Peer down the passageway at 71 rue du Cardinal Lemoine: Irish writer James Joyce (1882–1941) lived in the courtyard flat at the back marked ‘E’ when he arrived in Paris in 1921; he finished editing Ulysses here. The property is closed to the public.

Transportation

  • metro: Cardinal Lemoine

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