Assemblée Nationale: history and sights
Served by: metro line 12.
Did you know?
Serves the Palais Bourbon, home of the French National Assembly since the Revolution, where deputies vote the Republic's laws. The building faces Place de la Concorde across the Seine.
Anecdote
The Palais Bourbon's riverside façade was added on Napoleon's orders to visually echo the Madeleine church across the river.
Audio guide
An audio guide for this station is available in the MétroScope app.
Around Assemblée Nationale
- Palais Bourbon, 60 m away — Home of the French National Assembly since the Revolution, its façade faces Place de la Concorde across the Seine.
- Pont de la Concorde, 190 m away — A bridge built partly with stones from the demolished Bastille, linking both banks opposite Concorde.
- Église Sainte-Clotilde, 300 m away — The first major neo-Gothic church in Paris, completed in 1857, known for its slender spires.