Pyrénées: history and sights
Served by: metro line 11.
Did you know?
Named after Rue des Pyrénées, itself named after the mountain range, in a 20th-arrondissement district partly built on former quarries.
Anecdote
In 2016, as an April Fools' joke, the RATP temporarily renamed the station 'Alpes' as a nod to its mountain-themed name.
Around Pyrénées
- Parc de Belleville, 230 m away — A sloped park offering one of the finest free panoramas over Paris, from the heights of the 20th arrondissement.
- Rue Denoyez, 650 m away — An alley entirely covered in murals and graffiti, a hotspot of Parisian street art.
- Regard Saint-Martin, 300 m away — A former 17th-century water inspection chamber, a remnant of the aqueducts that once supplied Paris with drinking water.