Cambronne: history and sights
Served by: metro line 6.
Did you know?
Named after General Cambronne, credited with a famously defiant retort when asked to surrender at Waterloo in 1815. The quiet 15th-arrondissement neighbourhood retains a residential charm far from the tourist bustle.
Anecdote
The retort attributed to Cambronne at Waterloo lives on in French as 'le mot de Cambronne' (Cambronne's word).
Around Cambronne
- Champ de Mars, 850 m away — A vast green esplanade stretching to the foot of the Eiffel Tower, laid out for the World's Fairs.
- UNESCO, 500 m away — The headquarters of UNESCO, with its modernist architecture.
- École militaire, 450 m away — A former 18th-century military academy where young Napoleon Bonaparte once studied.