Sèvres-Babylone: history and sights
Served by: metro lines 10 and 12.
Did you know?
Serves Le Bon Marché, the world's oldest department store, opened in 1852 by Aristide Boucicaut. The surrounding neighbourhood, between Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Les Invalides, retains a bourgeois, literary charm inherited from the 19th century.
Anecdote
Le Bon Marché inspired Émile Zola's novel 'The Ladies' Paradise'.
Around Sèvres-Babylone
- Le Bon Marché, 240 m away — The world's first department store, opened in 1852, still one of the most elegant in Paris.
- Square Boucicaut, 170 m away — A small, peaceful square named after the founder of Le Bon Marché, a pleasant green break in the 7th arrondissement.
- Musée Hébert, 300 m away — A museum housed in painter Ernest Hébert's former mansion, devoted to his work.