Porte des Lilas: history and sights
Served by: metro lines 3 bis and 11.
Did you know?
Serves a former disused film studio, where a nearby ghost station has served as a filming location for numerous movies and music videos, thanks to its original 1921 architecture being preserved.
Anecdote
The nearby ghost station, 'Porte des Lilas-Cinéma', has served as a filming location for dozens of productions since the 1950s.
Around Porte des Lilas
- Station fantôme du cinéma, 50 m away — A disused metro track regularly used as a filming location for movies and TV series.
- Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, 1550 m away — A hilly 19th-century park with artificial cliffs, a lake and a perched temple offering views over Paris.
- Mairie des Lilas, 550 m away — A neighbouring town whose name evokes the many flowering shrubs that once adorned it.