Saint-Jacques: history and sights
Served by: metro line 6.
Did you know?
Named after the old pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, which crossed this district of the 14th arrondissement as early as the Middle Ages.
Anecdote
Rue Saint-Jacques was among the major routes taken by pilgrims leaving Paris for Spain.
Around Saint-Jacques
- Parc Montsouris, 130 m away — A large English-style park in the 14th arrondissement, laid out in the 19th century with a lake and rolling lawns.
- Observatoire de Paris, 300 m away — An astronomical observatory founded in 1667 under Louis XIV, one of the oldest in the world still in operation.
- Rue Saint-Jacques, 650 m away — A former pilgrimage route to Compostela, one of the oldest streets in Paris.