Place d'Italie: history and sights
Served by: metro lines 5, 6 and 7.
Did you know?
A vast crossroads in the 13th arrondissement, named to honour the Franco-Italian alliance of the 19th century. The surrounding district, long industrial, is now home to Paris's largest Chinatown, just south of the square.
Anecdote
The 13th arrondissement is home to the capital's largest Asian community, established mainly from the 1970s onward.
Around Place d'Italie
- Manufacture des Gobelins, 500 m away — A royal workshop founded in the 17th century that still weaves exceptional tapestries for the French state today.
- Butte-aux-Cailles, 600 m away — A former village of cobbled lanes and low houses, spared from Haussmann's grand renovations.
- Quartier chinois, 900 m away — One of the largest Chinatowns in Europe, known for its Asian restaurants and shops.