Place d'Italie: station history
Served by: metro lines 5, 6 and 7.
Did you know?
Served by lines 5, 6 and 7, in the 13th arrondissement, the station lies under place d'Italie, a junction of five major avenues that marks the start of the old road to Italy, now the N7. The first tracks opened on 24 April 1906 as the eastern terminus of « line 2 South », then line 5 opened its station on 2 June 1906. Line 6 arrived on 1 March 1909, line 10 stopped there on 15 February 1930 before being extended on 7 March 1930, and line 7 came through on 26 April 1931.
Anecdote
On 6 October 1942, the Place d'Italie - Étoile section was definitively handed over to line 6, and line 5 ended at the place d'Italie loop. Between 1974 and 1984, the station received the Andreu-Motte style: yellow for line 5, blue for line 6 and green for line 7. From 25 November to 11 December 2015, the line 6 platform and a train were decorated with a « Star Wars » theme, for the release of « The Force Awakens ». The entrance facing the Italie Deux centre is a Guimard edicule listed as a historic monument.
Around Place d'Italie
- Manufacture des Gobelins, 500 m away — A royal workshop founded in the 17th century that still weaves exceptional tapestries for the French state today.
- Butte-aux-Cailles, 600 m away — A former village of cobbled lanes and low houses, spared from Haussmann's grand renovations.
- Quartier chinois, 900 m away — One of the largest Chinatowns in Europe, known for its Asian restaurants and shops.