Varenne () is a
station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
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on
Line 13 of the
Paris Métro. Located in the
7th arrondissement, it is named after the Rue de Varenne.
History
The station opened on 20 December 1923 as part of the original section of
Line 10 between
Invalides and
Croix-Rouge
Croix-Rouge () was the first terminus of Line 10 of the Paris Métro. It opened in 1923, but closed in 1939. The station was situated in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, between Sèvres – Babylone and Mabillon.
History
The name of the stat ...
(a station east of
Sèvres-Babylone, which was closed during
World War II). On 27 July 1937 the section of Line 10 between Invalides and
Duroc was transferred to become the first section of the
old Line 14, which was connected under the
Seine
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and incorporated into Line 13 on 9 November 1976.
The Rue de Varenne runs east from the station. It has been closely associated with the Government of France, since the
President of the Council of Ministers
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(equivalent to
Prime Minister under the
Third
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
and
Fourth Republics) settled in the nearby
Hôtel Matignon in January 1935. Other ministries are also located in the private mansions of the district. During
World War II, the station was closed because the government was in
Vichy and the private mansions, which had housed ministries, were deserted. Since the establishment of the
Fifth Republic in 1958, the Hôtel Matignon has been the official residence of the Prime Minister of France.
Nearby are the
Musée Rodin (
Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
Museum) and
Les Invalides
The Hôtel des Invalides ( en, "house of invalids"), commonly called Les Invalides (), is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as ...
.
Station layout
Gallery
File:Varenne Metro sign.JPG, Street-level entrance at Varenne
File:Ligne-13-Varenne-1.jpg, MF 77 rolling stock on Line 13 at Varenne
References
*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.
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Paris Métro stations in the 7th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1923