Port-Royal: history and sights
Served by: RER B.
Did you know?
Serves the Port-Royal abbey and the Val-de-Grâce hospital, whose Baroque 17th-century dome was built by Anne of Austria in thanks for the birth of Louis XIV.
Anecdote
The dome of Val-de-Grâce, one of the finest in Paris, was directly inspired by St Peter's in Rome and rises to 74 metres.
Around Port-Royal
- Val-de-Grâce, 350 m away — A 17th-century Baroque dome built by Anne of Austria in thanks for the birth of Louis XIV.