} Porte d'Italie () is a station of the

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, serving Line 7 and Tramway Line 3a. The station opened on 7 March 1930 as part of Line 10 when it was extended from Place d'Italie to

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. The station was integrated into line 7 on 26 April 1931. In 2006, Paris Tramway Line 3 (now 3a) opened, with a stop at ''

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''. It is named after the ''Porte d'Italie'', a gate in the nineteenth century

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of Paris, which led to the south and

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Station layout

Gallery

File:Metro 7 Porte d Italie accès.JPG, Street-level entrance at Porte d'Italie File:Metro 7 Porte d Italie tramway.JPG, Porte d'Italie T3 tram stop

References

Paris Métro stations in the 13th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1930 {{Paris-metro-stub