Nationale: history and sights
Served by: metro line 6.
Did you know?
Serves the district around Rue Nationale, in the 13th arrondissement, an area largely redeveloped in the 20th century and now close to Paris's Chinatown.
Anecdote
The 13th arrondissement underwent major urban renewal programmes in the 1960s and 1970s, transforming its landscape.
Around Nationale
- Manufacture des Gobelins, 1100 m away — A royal workshop founded in the 17th century that still weaves exceptional tapestries for the French state today.
- Quartier chinois, 260 m away — One of the largest Chinatowns in Europe, known for its Asian restaurants and shops.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, 750 m away — Four glass towers shaped like open books, housing one of the largest document collections in the world.