École Militaire: history and sights
Served by: metro line 8.
Did you know?
Facing the Champ-de-Mars and the Eiffel Tower, serves the École Militaire founded in 1750, where young Napoleon Bonaparte studied before becoming an artillery officer. The neoclassical building still trains officers of the French army today.
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Napoleon Bonaparte studied there before becoming an artillery officer.
Around École Militaire
- Champ-de-Mars, 650 m away — A vast green esplanade stretching between the École Militaire and the Eiffel Tower, a former 18th-century military drill ground.
- UNESCO, 450 m away — Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, based in Paris since 1958.
- Village Suisse, 650 m away — An antiques district built on the site of the former Swiss pavilion from the 1900 World's Fair.