Square Rosalind-Franklin
Square Rosalind-Franklin is a park in Paris, Île-de-France. Square Rosalind-Franklin is situated nearby to the metro station Lourmel station, as well as near the bike rental Félix Faure - Lourmel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Paris, France
- Also known as: “square Félix-Faure” and “square Rosalind-Franklin”
- Postal code: 75015
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lourmel station and Vaugirard Cemetery.
Lourmel station
Metro station
Photo: Greenski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lourmel is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the nearby rue de Lourmel, which in turn is named after General Frédéric Henri Le Normand de Lourmel, who was killed at the Battle of Inkerman where the Franco-British armies defeated the Russian armies under Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov during the Crimean War.
Vaugirard Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Gede, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaugirard Cemetery is a cemetery in Paris, located at 320 rue Lecourbe and occupying 1.5 hectares of land to the west of that street. It opened in 1787 and contains 2500 tombs and 95 trees from 17 different species, making it one of the oldest cemeteries still active in the city. Vaugirard Cemetery is situated 170 metres southeast of Square Rosalind-Franklin.
Square Jean-Cocteau
Park
Photo: Gede, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Square Jean-Cocteau is a park, which is situated 180 metres west of Square Rosalind-Franklin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porte de Sèvres and 15th arrondissement.
15th arrondissement
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 15th arrondissement of Paris is in the city's southwest on the Left Bank of the Seine. Quite up-market and quiet, it is the largest arrondissement by both area and population.
Square Rosalind-Franklin
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.83922° or 48° 50′ 21″ northLongitude
2.28279° or 2° 16′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R7QM+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 24000240OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3494583
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Square Rosalind-Franklin” goes by many names.
- French: “square Félix Faure”
- French: “square Félix-Faure”
- French: “square Rosalind-Franklin”
- French: “Square Rosalind-Franklin”
- Turkish: “Rosalind-Franklin Bahçe-Meydanı”
- Turkish: “square Rosalind-Franklin”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Félix Faure - Lourmel and Le Paon.
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