Edgar Quinet is a station of the Paris Métro serving line 6

at the intersection of the Boulevard Edgar-Quinet, the

Rue du Montparnasse and the Rue de la Gaîté in the 14th arrondissement.

 

The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906,

when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907

Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into line 6

on 12 October 1942.

 

It is named after the Boulevard Edgar Quinet, named after Edgar Quinet

(1803–1875), a historian and intellectual who wrote on German history,

Christianity and other subjects.

 

The station was the location of the Barrière Montparnasse (known as the

Barrière d'Arcueil during the French Revolution), a gate built for the collection

of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built

between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.