Champ-de-Mars station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in

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, Canada.Champ-de-Mars Metro Station
It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in

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by the

Champ de Mars The Champ de Mars (; en, Field of Mars) is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh ''arrondissement'', between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after t ...

park. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original Metro network.

Overview

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station, built in

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due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding

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. Its entrance is located near a series of

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s that cross the

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, giving access to

. In December 2014, the station became fully accessible with the installation of three elevators. The $12m project also involved the renovation of the main entrance building (including installation of a new

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) and a pedestrian tunnel to Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM).

Architecture and art

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One of the most important artworks in the Metro, a set of stained glass windows by noted Quebec artist Marcelle Ferron, illuminates the mezzanine of this station. These windows, one of the artist's masterpieces and her most famous work, were given by the Government of Quebec in 1968. They were the first work of non-figurative art to be commissioned for the Metro, representing the first official entrance of Automatist art in the system.

Origin of the name

This station is named for

Champ-de-Mars The Champ de Mars (; en, Field of Mars) is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh ''arrondissement'', between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the ...

, a public park facing

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. The name is the French term for a military parade ground. It was formerly crossed by the city's fortifications, demolished in the 19th century, the foundations of which can still be seen. It was later turned into a parking lot, which was replaced by a park in 1980s.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

* Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) * Place des Montréalaises *

* Old Port *

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* Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours * Place Marguerite-Bourgeoys * Place Marie-Josèphe-Angélique *

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* Édifice Lucien-Saulnier (former courthouse) * Complexe Chaussegros-de-Léry (City of Montreal) *

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* Édifice Jacques-Viger

References

External links

Champ-de-Mars Station - Official pageMontreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- photos, information, and trivia
Metro Map
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