Victor Hugo: station history
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
A line 2 station in the 16th arrondissement, between Porte Dauphine and Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, it bears the name of place and avenue Victor-Hugo, in honour of the writer (1802-1885). Opened with the first section of line 2 North, it was rebuilt in 1931: its old platforms, on a curve too sharp for the new trains, were abandoned, and the new station was built in a straight line, a few metres further on, under the avenue, keeping the original entrances. The old platforms are still visible from the trains.
Anecdote
In the old station, the opposite wall and the vault keep the flat cream tiles from the decorative trials of 1900. In the present station, the name is written in original interwar tiles, a unique and anachronistic case on line 2, and a display case devoted to Victor Hugo holds a bust of the writer by David d'Angers, showing him at 35. During the 2018 World Cup, the station was renamed « Victor Hugo Lloris ».
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.