Jussieu: history and sights
Served by: metro lines 7 and 10.
Did you know?
Serves the Sorbonne Université campus, one of France's largest science hubs, built in the 1960s-70s. The campus takes its name from the Jussieu family, celebrated French botanists whose work shaped the modern classification of plants.
Anecdote
The campus is named after the Jussieu family, celebrated French botanists.
Around Jussieu
- Fontaine Cuvier, 250 m away — An 1840 fountain honouring naturalist Georges Cuvier, facing the Jardin des Plantes, adorned with lions and aquatic animals, listed as a historic monument.
- Jardin des Plantes, 450 m away — A royal botanical garden founded in 1626, home to tropical greenhouses, a menagerie and a natural history museum.
- Institut du Monde Arabe, 350 m away — A cultural centre with an iconic modern architecture, its south façade inspired by traditional mashrabiya screens.
- Grande Mosquée de Paris, 450 m away — A mosque built in the 1920s in tribute to Muslim soldiers who died for France, with a well-known tea room.