Exelmans: history and sights
Served by: metro line 9.
Did you know?
Named after Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans, a cavalry general under Napoleon known for his daring charges, who later became a Marshal of France under the Second Empire.
Anecdote
Exelmans led one of the last successful cavalry charges of Napoleon's army, shortly before Waterloo.
Around Exelmans
- Parc des Princes, 950 m away — The legendary stadium of Paris Saint-Germain, one of the great venues of French football.
- Bois de Boulogne, 1650 m away — A vast 850-hectare wood west of Paris, laid out in the 19th century in the style of London's parks.
- Rue Michel-Ange, 250 m away — A lively shopping street in the 16th arrondissement, lined with local shops.