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Example sentences for: rive
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Despite the concerted efforts of the fashion and media worlds to move in on it, the bohemians and intellectuals hang on to their time-honored stronghold on the Left Bank (rive gauche).
Versailles is situated 24 km (15 miles) southwest of Paris, by road (N10); or by train from Gare St-Lazare to Versailles; or by RER (line C5) to Versailles-Rive Gauche; or by métro to Pont de Sèvres, then bus 171.
The Carré Rive Gauche, bounded by the quai Voltaire, the boulevard St-Germain, and the rues du Bac and des Sts-Pères, is something of a museum of ancient Egyptian, Chinese, pre-Columbian, African, and Polynesian art, as well as Louis XV, Second Empire, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco.
In a country boasting one of the world’s biggest paper industries, you’ll find here one last town, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive, where you can buy handmade paper, perfect for writing home with distinction.
The sprawling Right Bank (rive droite) covers the whole range of Paris’s social life, from ultra-chic to downright sleazy.