Boulevard Voltaire

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Voltaire station

Metro station

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Voltaire is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located under Place Léon Blum along with the town hall of the 11th arrondissement, which serves a lively district.

Ruins of Bastille

Castle

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The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. Ruins of Bastille is situated 1 km southwest of Boulevard Voltaire.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

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The 20th arrondissement of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas. Père Lachaise Cemetery is situated 1¼ km east of Boulevard Voltaire.

Places in the Area

11th arrondissement

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The 11th Arrondissement is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.

Faubourg Saint-Antoine

Suburb

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The Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France. It grew up to the east of the Bastille around the abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, and ran along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

Marais

Suburb

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The Marais is a historic district in Paris, France. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the Seine.

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