Square Olga-Bancic
Square Olga-Bancic is a park in Paris, Île-de-France. Square Olga-Bancic is situated nearby to the theater building Artistic-Athévains, as well as near Club 8&9 - Billard Bar.Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Square Godefroy Cavaignac”, “square Godefroy-Cavaignac”, “Square Olga Bancic”, and “square Olga-Bancic”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Artistic-Athévains.
Ruins of Bastille
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 Square Olga-Bancic.
Artistic-Athévains
Theater building
Artistic Athévains is a theatre in Paris, located at 45 bis rue Richard-Lenoir in the 11th arrondissement. It was originally a café-concert, dating from the beginning of the 20th century.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Photo: Connie Ma, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1 km northeast of Square Olga-Bancic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 11th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
11th arrondissement
Photo: ParisSharing, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Charonne quarter
Suburb
The Charonne quarter is an area of the 20th arrondissement of Paris named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between Charonne quarter, the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter.
Square Olga-Bancic
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.8562° or 48° 51′ 22″ northLongitude
2.3809° or 2° 22′ 51″ eastInception
2006Open location code
8FW4V94J+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 392493782OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3494604
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In Other Languages
“Square Olga-Bancic” goes by many names.
- French: “square Godefroy-Cavaignac”
- French: “square Olga-Bancic”
- French: “Square Olga-Bancic”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Club 8&9 - Billard Bar and Gymnase Japy.
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