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Picpus, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Wide avenues run through Picpus, a quartier in the east of Paris, known for the Church of the Holy Spirit and the concerts at Accor Arena.
About Picpus
Where to stay in Picpus
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Picpus suits travellers who want an eastern Paris base with fast links to Bercy and Nation. Its streets stretch between the Church of the Holy Spirit and the concert nights at Accor Arena. Rooms sit away from the tourist core.
You stay among Haussmann-era blocks, walk to the Cinémathèque Française for a screening, and reach the Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée on the quarter's southern edge.
About Picpus
What are the main landmarks in Picpus?
Picpus holds a run of cultural landmarks. The Church of the Holy Spirit rises on avenue Daumesnil, its dome modelled deliberately on the Byzantine forms of Constantinople rather than the Gothic churches that fill the rest of the city. Accor Arena draws crowds.
Nearby, the Cinémathèque Française and the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration occupy grand halls. The Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée sits below the immigration museum, and Saint-Éloi and the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix serve the quarter.
What is the history of Picpus?
Picpus takes its name from a former convent that once stood among the market gardens east of Paris. Building came late here. The quarter filled with housing and rail yards as the city expanded through the nineteenth century.
The Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration occupies a palace raised for a colonial exhibition, later repurposed to tell the story of migration into France, while Saint-Éloi marks the parish life that grew around the working streets.
Where is Picpus?
Picpus lies in the east of Paris, running along avenue Daumesnil between the Bercy quarter and the green edge of the Porte Dorée.
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Updated July 2026