Michel Bizot: history and sights
Served by: metro line 8.
Did you know?
Named after Michel Bizot, a French military aviator killed in action during World War I, at a time when aviation was becoming a major strategic issue.
Anecdote
World War I marked the rise of military aviation, still in its infancy at the start of the conflict.
Around Michel Bizot
- Bois de Vincennes, 850 m away — Paris's largest green space, with a lake, zoo and racecourse, a former royal hunting ground.
- Palais de la Porte Dorée, 550 m away — An Art Deco building constructed for the 1931 Colonial Exhibition, now home to an aquarium and a museum.
- Coulée verte René-Dumont, 700 m away — A planted walkway on former railway tracks, the forerunner of New York's High Line.