Victor Hugo: history and sights
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
Named after writer Victor Hugo, who spent his final years on a nearby avenue, now home to a museum devoted to him. This upscale 16th-arrondissement district overlooks the area around the Arc de Triomphe.
Anecdote
Victor Hugo died in 1885 in his apartment on the avenue that now bears his name, honoured with a national tribute.
Around Victor Hugo
- Musée d'Ennery, 350 m away — A mansion housing over 6,000 East Asian objects bequeathed to the State in 1894 by playwright Adolphe d'Ennery.
- Arc de Triomphe, 800 m away — A monument raised by Napoleon to glorify his armies, at the top of the Champs-Élysées.
- Avenue Victor-Hugo, 20 m away — An elegant residential avenue in the 16th arrondissement, lined with chic boutiques and fine Haussmann-era façades.
- Musée Baccarat, 650 m away — The museum-gallery of the famous French crystal house, in a mansion decorated by Philippe Starck.