Saint-Georges: history and sights
Served by: metro line 12.
Did you know?
Serves the heart of New Athens, a district favoured in the 19th century by Romantic artists, with its ornate buildings and typical Wallace fountain.
Anecdote
Place Saint-Georges still has a Wallace fountain, one of the green public fountains gifted to Paris by an English philanthropist in the 19th century.
Around Saint-Georges
- Musée de la Vie romantique, 400 m away — A museum in painter Ary Scheffer's house-studio, devoted to Romanticism and George Sand.
- Musée national Gustave-Moreau, 210 m away — The former studio of symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, preserving thousands of his works.
- Nouvelle Athènes, 190 m away — A district favoured in the 19th century by Romantic artists, with elegantly ornate buildings.