Solférino: history and sights
Served by: metro line 12.
Did you know?
Named after the Battle of Solferino (1859), whose scenes of carnage inspired Henry Dunant to found the Red Cross. The station serves the Musée d'Orsay, a former railway station turned temple of Impressionist art.
Anecdote
The Musée d'Orsay occupies the former Gare d'Orsay, built for the 1900 World's Fair.
Around Solférino
- Musée de la Légion d'Honneur, 220 m away — French insignia, paintings and decorations displayed in the Hôtel de Salm, home to the Légion d'Honneur since 1804.
- Musée d'Orsay, 300 m away — A former railway station turned museum, home to the world's richest collection of Impressionist art.
- Assemblée nationale, 450 m away — The seat of the French Parliament, housed in the Palais Bourbon facing Place de la Concorde.
- Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, 350 m away — A pedestrian footbridge linking the Musée d'Orsay to the Tuileries Garden across the Seine.