Ledru-Rollin - Place du Père Chaillet

Ledru-Rollin - Place du Père Chaillet is a bike rental in Paris, Île-de-France. Ledru-Rollin - Place du Père Chaillet is situated nearby to Club 8&9 - Billard Bar, as well as near Synagogue Adath Israël.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Opéra Bastille.

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 Ledru-Rollin - Place du Père Chaillet.

Opéra Bastille

Theater building

The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, 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… Opéra Bastille is situated 1 km southwest of Ledru-Rollin - Place du Père Chaillet.

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 northeast of Ledru-Rollin - Place du Père Chaillet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 11th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

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

Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.