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From the Porte de Paris to Saint-Denis station, go and discover the industrial history of the Saint-Denis area: the Christofle workshops, the old central pharmacy and its listed fireplace, the role of rail and river transport in the industrial development of the city from the 19th century.

The route that you are about to discover invites you to take a unique walk between the basilica and the Stade de France, between the origins of the city and the 21st century. The 20 steel bollards that punctuate it offer visitors a stopover at each important stage in the development of the city. They evoke the places, the buildings, the events, the activities, the men who shaped Saint-Denis.

This stage offers a dive into the heart of the 93 and its industrial, popular history and under the sign of the south. We leave from Saint-Denis, a thousand-year-old city-world, where more than 100 nationalities rub shoulders, to reach the Saint-Denis canal and the Stade de France which marks the northern end of the Plaine Saint-Denis, formerly one of the most important industrial areas in the world. We pass in front of the city of Francs-Moisins (where the film l'Esquive by Abdellatif...

Departing from Saint-Denis RER station, we find ourselves on this always lively forecourt before crossing the city center of Saint-Denis and its rue de la République known for its clothing shops. You come out in front of the famous basilica where many kings and queens of France are buried, then you cross the “ZAC Basilique”, a major urban renovation project of the 1980s. Behind the cemetery of Saint-Denis, we go up the little rue Politzer where we can see the evolution of a small Dionysian...

Stroll through the beautiful city of Paris, from Porte de la Villette to Porte d'Orléans. You will see several interesting sites along the way: the Parc de la Villette, the Buttes Chaumont, the Canal Saint Martin, the Marais, the Ile de la Cité, the Latin Quarter, the Buttes au Cailles or even the Parc Montsouris.