Place d’Italie is a square in the 13th arrondissement (a district) of Paris. The square has a diameter of 200 m, where many streets meet here including Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui, Avenue des Gobelins, Avenue de la Sœur-Rosalie, Avenue d’Italie, Avenue de Choisy, Rue Bobillot. The square is surrounded by ... More> the Grand Bibliothèque (XVIIème arrondissement), the second largest shopping centre of Paris, the ‘Le Printemps’. a large shopping mall designed by famed architect Kenzo Tange, the Place d’Italie station making direct access to major sights of Paris.