Jussieu (Paris Métro)

Infobox Paris metro
Name=Jussieu
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Day=26 April
Year=1931
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Municipality=the 5th arrondissement of Paris
Zone=1
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X=155
Y=101

Jussieu is a station of the Paris Métro in the eastern part of the Latin Quarter. "Jussieu" is the name of a family of famous botanists and historians of the natural world, several of whom have been associated with the nearby Jardin des Plantes.

The station used to be called "Jussieu-Halles-aux-vins" after the market created there by Napoleon I. This name has been shortened because, after 1957, the market was replaced by the Jussieu Campus of the University of Paris.

Nearby attractions

* The
* The Arènes de Lutèce, an ancient Roman amphitheatre
* The Jardin des Plantes
* The Institut du Monde Arabe (Institute of the Arab World)

ources

* Métropole
* Pierre Miquel, "Petite Histoire des Stations de Métro". Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1993.