Bastille station

Bastille is a station on Line 1, Line 5 and Line 8 of the Paris Métro. Located under the and near the former location of the , it is situated on the border of the , and .
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Paris Métro station
  • Also known as: “Bastille” and “Estacion de Bastille”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ruins of Bastille and Opéra Bastille.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , 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 by the kings of France.

Theater building
The is a modern opera house in the , France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company… is situated 210 metres southeast of Bastille station.

Monument
Photo: Vassil, Public domain.
The is a monumental column in commemorating the Revolution of 1830. It stands in the center of the and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses — the 'three glorious' days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of Charles X, King of France, and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, King of the French.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Village Saint-Paul and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

Neighborhood
Photo: VVVCFFrance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was one of the traditional suburbs of , France. It grew up to the east of the around the abbey of , and ran along the Rue du .

Photo: ParisSharing, CC BY 2.0.
The 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.

Bastille station

Latitude
48.85299° or 48° 51′ 11″ north
Longitude
2.36886° or 2° 22′ 8″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8FW4V939+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5226630382
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q508256
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bastille station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الباستيل”
  • Basque: “Bastille”
  • Bosnian: “Bastille”
  • Breton: “Bastille”
  • Catalan: “Bastille”
  • Chinese: “巴士底”
  • Chinese: “巴士底站”
  • Czech: “Bastille”
  • Danish: “Bastille”
  • Dutch: “Bastille”
  • Dutch: “metrostation Bastille”
  • Esperanto: “Bastille”
  • Finnish: “Bastille”
  • French: “Bastille”
  • German: “Bastille”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Μπαστίγ”
  • Hindi: “बास्तिय स्टेशन”
  • Hungarian: “Bastille metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Bastille”
  • Indonesian: “Bastille”
  • Italian: “Bastille”
  • Japanese: “バスティーユ駅”
  • Korean: “바스티유”
  • Lombard: “Bastille (metropolitana de Paris)”
  • Lombard: “Bastille”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastille”
  • Norwegian: “Bastille”
  • Persian: “باستیل (متروی پاریس)”
  • Persian: “باستیل”
  • Polish: “Bastille”
  • Portuguese: “Bastille”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Bastille”
  • Russian: “Бастий”
  • Russian: “Бастилия”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Bastille”
  • Swedish: “Bastille”
  • Urdu: “باسٹیل اسٹیشن (پیرس میٹرو)”
  • Urdu: “باسٹیل اسٹیشن”
  • “Bastille”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Voûte de la Bastille and La Bastille.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Genius of Liberty and Bastille.

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