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Beat Hotel

1933 establishments in France1963 disestablishments in FranceBeat GenerationHotel buildings completed in 1933Hotels disestablished in 1963
Hotels established in 1933Hotels in ParisLatin Quarter, Paris
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The Beat Hotel was a small, run-down hotel of 42 rooms at 9 Rue Gît-le-Cœur in the Latin Quarter of Paris, notable chiefly as a residence for members of the Beat poetry movement of the mid-20th century.

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Beat Hotel
Rue Gît-le-Cœur, Paris 6th Arrondissement (Paris)

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Rue Gît-le-Cœur 6
75006 Paris, 6th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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