Liberté: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 8.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from avenue de la Liberté. It lies under rue de Paris, the former national road 6, near place des Marseillais. Nearby are the Toffoli museum, devoted to the painter Louis Toffoli (1907-1999), the Bois de Vincennes, the Jacques-Anquetil velodrome (la Cipale) and the Foire du Trône site.
Anecdote
After 1969 the platforms were decked in orange, in the Mouton-Duvernet style; replaced in 2012, that decor gave way to white bevelled tiles.
Around Liberté
- Mairie de Charenton-le-Pont, 1000 m away — The Charenton-le-Pont town hall, a Val-de-Marne town at the confluence of the Seine and the Marne.