Gambetta: history and sights
Served by: metro lines 3 and 3 bis.
Did you know?
Named after Léon Gambetta, a founding figure of the Third Republic, who famously escaped besieged Paris by hot-air balloon in 1870 to organise resistance from the provinces. The nearby square serves the main entrance to Père-Lachaise cemetery.
Anecdote
Gambetta proclaimed the fall of the Second Empire and the Republic from the Hôtel de Ville on 4 September 1870.
Around Gambetta
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, 550 m away — Paris's largest cemetery, the final resting place of Chopin, Édith Piaf, Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde.
- Église Notre-Dame-des-Otages, 1050 m away — A church commemorating the hostages shot by the Communards on this site in 1871.
- Square Édouard-Vaillant, 160 m away — A small, peaceful square in the 20th arrondissement, a pleasant green break in a lively district.