La Rive Gauche (la ʁiv ɡoʃ, The Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two: looking downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank (or Rive Droite) is to the right. `Rive Gauche` or `Left Bank` generally refers to the Paris of an earlier er... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rive_Gauche