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Architecture Of The Paris Métro
From the original plain white tilework and Art Nouveau entrances, the architecture of Paris Métro stations has evolved with successive waves of building and renovation. After experiments with diverse colour schemes, furniture and lighting, since 1999 there has been a reversion to the original design principles of the network. In parallel, the line 14 has provided an entirely new template for the stations of the 21st century. Entrances As with all subway systems, Métro entrances are designed firstly to be visible and recognisable. They feature at least a column and a network map. Decorative styles have changed over the years. Concept In 1899, the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (the Paris Metropolitan Railway Company, CMP) launched a competition for the street architecture of the soon-to-be-opened Métro. The CMP was concerned to avoid criticism in the context of a backlash against the industrial-style architecture epitomized by the recently built Ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Paris - Ligne 3 - Station Arts Et Metiers
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency * The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area * The transport authority of city or metropolitan area * The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area Rail systems Africa * Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria * Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt Asia * Dubai Metro, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) * Kaohsiung Metro, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan * Manila Metro, in Manila, the Philippines * New Taipei Metro, in New Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Osaka Metro, in Osaka, Japan * Taichung Metro, in Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Taipei Metro, in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Taoyuan Metro, in Taoyuan, Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 1
Paris Métro Line 1 (French: ''Ligne 1 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects La Défense–Grande Arche in the northwest and Château de Vincennes in the southeast. Also, there is a future eastern extension planned to go to Val de Fontenay to make a link with Paris Metro Line 15, RER A, RER E and an extension of Tram 1. With a length of , it constitutes an important east–west transportation route within the City of Paris. Excluding RER (french: Réseau Express Régional) commuter lines, it is the most utilised line on the network with 181.2 million travellers in 2017 or 496,000 people per day on average. The line was the network's first to open, with its inaugural section entering service in 1900. It is also the network's first line to be converted from manually driven operation to fully automated operation. Conversion, which commenced in 2007 and was completed in 2011, included new rolling stock ( MP 05) and laying of platform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelleport (Paris Métro)
Pelleport () is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 3bis. It was opened on 27 November 1921 when Line 3 was extended from Gambetta to Porte des Lilas. On 27 March 1971 it was transferred to Line 3bis on its establishment. History The station opened on November 27, 1921 with the entry into service of the extension of line 3 from Gambetta to Porte des Lilas. It owes its name to its location at the intersection with Rue Pelleport, which pays homage to 19th-century military leader Viscount Pierre de Pelleport (1773-1855) who was a major general. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Eylau in 1807, and served in the armies of the Restoration before being appointed to the Chamber of Peers in 1841. From 1940, under the Occupation, the chief supervisor of the station Lucien Noël set up a network of resistance fighters. He was arrested in October of the following year and shot on January 24, 1942 at the fortress of Mont-Valérien. On March 27, 1971, the station was tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord-Sud Company
The Nord-Sud Company (English: North-South; french: Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord-Sud de Paris) was an operator of underground trains in Paris established in 1904, which built two lines (now Line 12 and part of Line 13) and had a concession to build a third. It was taken over by the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1930 and incorporated into the Paris Métro. History Concept The north–south was the initiative of Jean-Baptiste Berlier, an engineer from Lyon trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, who had previously attempted to build an underground tubular tramway in 1897. In 1901 he proposed, with the financial support of Xavier Janicot, to construct a line between Montparnasse and Montmartre passing through the Gare d'Orsay and Gare Saint-Lazare through two parallel tunnels, consisting of a series of metal hoops, at a similar depth to the London "tube". This method of construction was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Époque
The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and European history, usually considered to begin around 1871–1880 and to end with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occurring during the era of the Third French Republic, it was a period characterised by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity, colonial expansion, and technological, scientific, and cultural innovations. In this era of France's cultural and artistic climate (particularly within Paris), the arts markedly flourished, and numerous masterpieces of literature, music, theatre, and visual art gained extensive recognition. The Belle Époque was so named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a continental European " Golden Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. The Belle Époque was a period in which, according to historian R. R. Palmer: " European civilisation achieved its greatest power in global politics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine (Paris Métro)
Madeleine () is a station on lines 8, 12 and 14 of the Paris Métro in central Paris and the 8th arrondissement. Location The station is located under the Place de la Madeleine, the platforms being positioned: * on line 8, east of the square and oriented approximately east-west, along the axis of Boulevard de la Madeleine (between Concorde and Opéra stations)); * on line 12, also east of the square and oriented approximately north-south, curved along the axis of the side carriageway of the said square on the one hand, and Rue Tronchet on the other hand, (between Saint-Lazare and Concorde); * on line 14, northeast of the square and oriented approximately northwest/southeast, along the axis of Rue de Sèze (between Saint-Lazare and Pyramides). History The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.It is named after the nearby Église de la Madeleine, which was dedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra (Paris Métro)
Opéra () is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the nearby Opéra Garnier, built by architect Charles Garnier. Located at the end of the Avenue de l'Opéra, one of the accesses being opposite the Opéra, it serves the district of Boulevard Haussmann. Three Métro lines ( 3, 7 and 8) cross each other at one point, known as a "well". The station offers a connection to the following stations: Auber on RER A, Haussmann–Saint-Lazare on RER E, Havre – Caumartin on Line 3 and Line 9, Saint-Augustin on Line 9, as well as Saint-Lazare on Line 3, Line 12, Line 13 and Line 14. The station is famous for its strong odours of sewers. When it was being built, there were concerns that one of Hector Guimard's characteristic iron metro entrances would spoil the view of the opera house, so a marble entrance was built instead. Location The station platforms were established under Rue Auber for line 3; for line 7, under Avenue de l'Opéra; and for line 8, under Boulevard d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassical Architecture
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of ancient Rome and (much less) ancient Greek architecture, but the Neoclassical movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes. The development of archaeology and published accurate records of surviving classical buildings was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture. In many countries, there was an initial wave essentially drawing on Roman architecture, followed, from about the start of the 19th century, by a second wave of Greek Revival archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cassien-Bernard
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châtelet (Paris Métro)
Châtelet () is a station of the Paris Métro and Île-de-France's RER commuter rail service, located in the centre of medieval Paris, on the border between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It serves RER A, RER B and RER D, as well as Line 1, Line 4, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14 of the Paris Métro; it is the southern terminus of Line 11. The station is made up of two parts connected by a long corridor: Lines 7 and 11 under the Place du Châtelet and the Quai de Gesvre (site of the original medieval river port of Paris), next to the Seine; Lines 1, 4 and 14 towards Rue Saint-Denis and the Rue de Rivoli. Châtelet is connected by another long underground corridor to the southern end of the RER platforms at Châtelet–Les Halles, the northern end of which is again connected to the Métro station Les Halles. The distance from Line 7 at Châtelet to the RER lines at Châtelet–Les Halles is approximately . It is the ninth-busiest station on the Métro system. Location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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