Barrière Saint-Martin

Barrière Saint-Martin is a building in Paris, Île-de-France. Barrière Saint-Martin is situated nearby to the metro station Jaurès station, as well as near Stalingrad station.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: toll gate in Paris, France
Also known as: “Ancienne barrière d’octroi de la Villette”, “barrière de la Rotonde-Saint-Martin”, “barrière de la Villette”, “barrière du Faubourg-Saint-Martin”, “barrière Saint-Martin”, and “rotonde de la Villette”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jaurès station and Stalingrad station.

Jaurès station

Metro station

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Jaurès is a station on Paris Metro lines 2, 5, and 7bis, in the 10th and 19th arrondissements. Jaurès station is situated 110 metres southeast of Barrière Saint-Martin.

Stalingrad station

Metro station

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Stalingrad is a Paris Métro station on the border between the 10th arrondissement and 19th arrondissement at the intersection of Lines 2, 5 and 7, located at the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad, which is named after the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad station is situated 200 metres northwest of Barrière Saint-Martin.

Gare de Paris-Est

Railway station

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The Gare de l'Est, officially Paris-Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, approximately 270 meters southeast from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north–south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Gare de Paris-Est is situated 1 km southwest of Barrière Saint-Martin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grange aux Belles and Quartier de La Chapelle.

Grange aux Belles

Neighborhood

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Grange aux Belles is a neighborhood.

Quartier de La Chapelle

Suburb

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The Quartier de La Chapelle is a neighborhood of Paris, in the eastern part of the 18th arrondissement. It was originally the village of La Chapelle on the outskirts of Paris and a commune in its own right, separated from the commune of Paris by the wall of the Farmers-General.

10th arrondissement

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The 10th arrondissement of Paris centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks. Part sleepy faubourg — as suburbs were called in 18th century Paris — and part industrial centre, the 10th arrondissement has lately enjoyed the benefits of both the booming nightlife scene in the neighbouring 11th, as well as the Parisian cycling and roller-blading boom.

Barrière Saint-Martin

Categories: tollgate, building, and tourism
Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude

48.88346° or 48° 53′ 1″ north

Longitude

2.36955° or 2° 22′ 10″ east

Elevation

52 metres (171 feet)

Levels

Open location code

8FW4V9M9+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 63971487

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

12495712

Wikidata ID

Q1240015

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Barrière Saint-Martin” goes by many names.

Chinese: “拉维莱特圆形大厅”
Czech: “Rotonde de la Villette”
Finnish: “Rotonde de la Villette”
French: “barrière Saint-Martin”
French: “Rotonde de la Stalingrad”
French: “Rotonde de la Villette”
French: “Barriere de la Villette” (historical)
German: “Rotonde de la Villette”
Italian: “Rotonde de la Villette”
Japanese: “ラ・ヴィレットの関門”
Japanese: “ロトンド・ド・ラ・ヴィレット”
Portuguese: “Rotonde de la Villette”

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