Quatre-Septembre: history and sights
Served by: metro line 3.
Did you know?
Named after 4 September 1870, the date the Third Republic was proclaimed from the Hôtel de Ville, following the fall of Napoleon III's Second Empire.
Anecdote
The 1870 proclamation of the Republic closely followed France's defeat at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III.
Around Quatre-Septembre
- Bibliothèque nationale Richelieu, 260 m away — The historic site of the French National Library, with its splendid Labrouste reading room open to the public.
- Opéra Garnier, 400 m away — A sumptuous opera house opened in 1875, famous for its monumental staircase and ceiling painted by Chagall.
- Place de la Bourse, 400 m away — A square lined by the Palais Brongniart, the former Paris Stock Exchange.
- Passage Choiseul, 190 m away — A covered passage from 1827 where writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline spent his childhood, his mother running a lace shop there that inspired passages of his novels.