Cour Saint-Émilion, Pedestrian zone and metro station in the 12th arrondissement, Paris
Cour Saint-Émilion is a pedestrian street in the Bercy neighborhood of Paris's 12th arrondissement, and also the name of a metro station on line 14 located at its edge. The street is paved with cobblestones and lined with old brick buildings that now house shops, restaurants, and a multiplex cinema.
In the 19th century, the Bercy area was a large storage zone where wine from across France was held before being distributed into Paris. In the 1980s and 1990s, the old warehouses were converted into what is now the Bercy Village shopping and leisure area.
The name of this street comes from a famous wine region in southwest France, a direct reminder of the wine trade that once defined this part of Paris. Old rails embedded in the cobblestones are still visible underfoot, showing how barrels were once moved through the warehouses.
The Cour Saint-Émilion metro station on line 14 sits right at the entrance of the pedestrian area, making it easy to get here from the city center. The area is active during the day and into the evening, and everything can be covered on foot.
During construction work in the early 1990s, very old boats were found buried near the street, and they are now on display at the Musée Carnavalet. The discovery showed how far the banks of the Seine once extended before this part of the city was built up.
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