Place Denfert-Rochereau
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Place Denfert-Rochereau, previously known as Place d'Enfer, is located in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris, in the Montparnasse area and is situated at the intersection of boulevards Raspail, Arago and Saint-Jacques, and avenues René Coty, Général Leclerc, Denfert-Rochereau and rue Froidevaux. Its coordinates are .
It is named after Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau, French commander during the Siege of Belfort in the Franco-Prussian War.
The Place is dominated by The Lion of Belfort statue (a copy of that in Belfort) and is also the location of the Paris Catacombs museum.