Olympiades: history and sights
Served by: metro line 14.
Did you know?
Serves the Olympiades district, a cluster of towers built in the 1970s that became the heart of Paris's largest Chinatown, with its Asian restaurants and shops.
Anecdote
The Olympiades district takes its name from an ambitious urban project meant to evoke a modern Olympic village.
Around Olympiades
- Quartier chinois, 160 m away — One of the largest Chinatowns in Europe, known for its Asian restaurants and shops.
- Dalle des Olympiades, 190 m away — A vast elevated pedestrian esplanade, surrounded by iconic 1970s tower blocks.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, 950 m away — Four glass towers shaped like open books, housing one of the largest document collections in the world.