Carrefour Pleyel: history and sights
Served by: metro line 13.
Did you know?
Named after the Pleyel piano manufacture, established in Saint-Denis in the 19th century, whose instruments were famously used by composer Frédéric Chopin.
Anecdote
Frédéric Chopin preferred Pleyel pianos for their soft tone, particularly suited to his intimate musical style.
Around Carrefour Pleyel
- Stade de France, 550 m away — France's national stadium, opened in 1998, where the French team won its first football World Cup.
- Basilique de Saint-Denis, 1500 m away — The first Gothic building in history and the necropolis of the Kings of France for over a thousand years.
- Canal Saint-Denis, 500 m away — A 19th-century industrial canal, now lined with walkways amid major urban renewal.