Escaliers vestiges de la gare d'Auteuil - Boulogne

The stone stairs you see near the boulevard de Montmorency are the final physical echoes of the Gare d Auteuil, a grand terminus that opened in eighteen fifty-four. These steps once channeled throngs of passengers toward the platforms of the Petite Ceinture, a legendary circular railway that looped around the entire city of Paris. The station stood as a cornerstone of the west Parisian landscape for over a century, serving as a vital transport link until its closure in nineteen eighty-five.