La Motte-Picquet Grenelle is a station of the Paris Métro, at the interconnection of lines 6, 8 and 10 in the 15th arrondissement, near the 7th arrondissement. The station combines underground and elevated platforms. It is named after the Avenue de la Motte Picquet and the Boulevard de Grenelle. It is a major Paris Metro interconnexion on the Rive Gauche, and the most important West of Montparnasse.
The elevated station first opened on 24 April 1906,as part of the extension of line 2 Sud (2 South) from Passy to Place d'Italie.
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a Louis XV and Louis XIV era Admiral of the French Royal Navy, noted for his involvement in French naval support for the Americans during the American Revolutionary War, notably in the Battle of Grenada and the Siege of Savannah. Fare Zone: 1.
October 8, 2018