Rome: history and sights
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
Serves the Europe district, whose streets are named after European capitals, laid out in the 19th century around Gare Saint-Lazare, then a symbol of railway modernity.
Anecdote
The Europe district owes its star-shaped layout to a metal bridge spanning the Gare Saint-Lazare tracks, famously painted by Gustave Caillebotte.
Around Rome
- Théâtre Hébertot, 240 m away — A theatre from 1838 behind Gare Saint-Lazare, which hosted Sacha Guitry before taking the name of its director Jacques Hébertot in 1940.
- Musée de la Grande Loge de France, 100 m away — A unique collection devoted to the history of Freemasonry since the 18th century, with ritual objects, embroidered aprons and numismatic pieces.
- Parc Monceau, 1000 m away — An 18th-century English garden adorned with romantic follies, one of the most elegant in Paris.
- Cité des Fleurs, 1150 m away — A private lane lined with flower-covered villas and gardens, an unexpected haven of calm in the 17th arrondissement.
- Pont de l'Europe, 400 m away — A star-shaped metal bridge spanning the Gare Saint-Lazare tracks, immortalised by painter Caillebotte.