Michel-Ange-Molitor: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro lines 9 and 10.
Why this name?
The station combines two names: rue Michel-Ange, which honours the Italian sculptor, painter and architect Michelangelo (1475-1564), and rue Molitor, named in honour of Count Gabriel-Jean-Joseph Molitor (1770-1849), Marshal of France. It is served by lines 9 and 10, in the Auteuil district, and opened on line 8 with the first extension from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels) to Porte d'Auteuil. It is linked to the ghost station Porte Molitor by the Voie Murat, which joins Porte de Saint-Cloud on line 9.
Anecdote
Its single entrance, « Rue Molitor », at no. 38 rue Michel-Ange, has a Val d'Osne lamp-post from the early 1920s, one of the few surviving on the network. On line 10, the 75 m island platform is served only in the direction of Gare d'Austerlitz.
Around Michel-Ange-Molitor
- Piscine Molitor, 750 m away — An iconic Art Deco complex opened in 1929, restored and converted into a hotel with swimming pools.
- Fondation Le Corbusier, 650 m away — A villa designed by architect Le Corbusier, an early example of 20th-century modernist architecture.
- Stade Roland-Garros, 1100 m away — The world's temple of clay-court tennis, host to one of the four Grand Slam tournaments each year.