Notre-Dame-des-Champs: history and sights
Served by: metro line 12.
Did you know?
Named after a former church now gone, this station serves the artistic district of historic Montparnasse, home to many painters at the turn of the 20th century.
Anecdote
The Notre-Dame-des-Champs church that gave the station its name was destroyed during the French Revolution.
Around Notre-Dame-des-Champs
- Cimetière du Montparnasse, 600 m away — The second largest cemetery in Paris, the final resting place of Baudelaire, Sartre and Beauvoir.
- Jardin du Luxembourg, 800 m away — A vast 17th-century formal garden surrounding the Luxembourg Palace, home to the Senate.
- Tour Montparnasse, 400 m away — An iconic skyscraper offering one of the finest panoramas over Paris from its summit.