Rosa Parks: history and sights
Served by: RER E.
Did you know?
Opened in 2015, this station honours Rosa Parks, an iconic figure of the fight against racial segregation in the United States, who in 1955 refused to give up her bus seat.
Anecdote
Rosa Parks is one of the few Paris-area stations named after a foreign figure with no direct link to French history.
Around Rosa Parks
- Rotonde de la Villette, 650 m away — A toll pavilion built in 1784-1788 by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, now a restaurant with a terrace.
- Bassin de la Villette, 650 m away — Paris's largest artificial basin, facing the Rotonde and linked to the Saint-Martin and Ourcq canals.
- Parc de la Villette, 1200 m away — A 55-hectare cultural park laid out on former slaughterhouses, known for its red follies.