Télégraphe: history and sights
Served by: metro line 11.
Did you know?
Named after the highest point in Paris, where a Chappe optical telegraph was installed in 1794, the first fast long-distance communication system in history.
Anecdote
The Chappe telegraph could relay a message from Paris to Lille in barely half an hour.
Around Télégraphe
- Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, 1300 m away — A hilly 19th-century park with artificial cliffs, a lake and a perched temple offering views over Paris.
- Cimetière de Belleville, 350 m away — A little-known small cemetery offering unobstructed views over Paris, away from tourist crowds.
- Église Notre-Dame-des-Otages, 550 m away — A church commemorating the hostages shot by the Communards on this site in 1871.