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Pont Marie (Paris Métro)
Pont Marie () is a station of the Paris Métro opened in 1926 with the extension of Line 7 from Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre. It is named after the nearby bridge over the Seine, the Pont Marie, which connects to Île Saint-Louis. Location The station is located on the banks of the Seine, on the Quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, near the Place du Bataillon-Français-de-l'ONU-en-Korea, west of the Pont Marie and the Rue des Nonnains-d'Hyères. Oriented along an east-west axis, it is located between the Châtelet and Sully-Morland stations. History The station opened on April 16, 1926. It was until 3 June 1930, the southern terminus of line 7 from Porte de la Villette and Pré-Saint-Gervais, replacing the previous terminus at ''Palais Royal'' (now Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre station), when the line was extended with an additional station at ''Pont Sully'' (which soon became Sully - Morland). It takes its name from its proximity to the Marie Bridge, built in 1614 on the initiative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (, , or , ), short for Métropolitain (), is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architecture and Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard, historical entrances influenced by Art Nouveau. The system is long, mostly underground. It has 321 stations of which 61 have transfers between lines. The Montmartre funicular is considered to be part of the metro system within which is represented by a 303rd fictive station, "Funiculaire".Statistiques Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France rapport 2005' (in French) states 297 stations + Olympiades + Les Agnettes + Les Courtilles The Métro has sixteen lines (with an additional Grand Paris Express, four under construction), numbered 1 to 14, with two lines, Paris Métro Line 3bis, Line 3bis and Paris Métro Line 7bis, Line 7bis, named because they used to be part of Paris Métro Line 3, Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris M 7 Jms
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel De Sens
The Hôtel de Sens () or Hôtel des archevêques de Sens is a 16th-century ''hôtel particulier'', or private mansion, in the Marais, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It nowadays houses the Bibliothèque Forney, Forney art library. History The ''hôtel'' was built to serve as a residence for the archbishops of Sens. Before 1622, Paris was not an archdiocese, but rather a diocese suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens, Archdiocese of Sens. The archbishop was a prominent figure of power, his residence reflecting his influence within the urban landscape. A first ''hôtel,'' at this location, was built for the archbishops of Sens in 1345, which was later used by Charles V of France, Charles V, King of France, as a part of his royal residence, the ''hôtel Saint-Pol''. When the Kings settled in the newly built Louvre Palace, Louvre palace, the building was destroyed, only to be replaced by the current ''hôtel'', built between 1475 and 1519 by Tristan de Salaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mémorial De La Shoah
Mémorial de la Shoah is the The Holocaust, Holocaust museum in Paris, France. The memorial is in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the Le Marais, Marais district, which had a large Jewish population at the beginning of World War II. The memorial was opened, by President Jacques Chirac, on 27 January 2005. This day was chosen to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. The memorial underwent a major renovation in 2005, creating exhibition spaces, a multimedia center, and a reading room. Areas of the memorial Forecourt The forecourt of the memorial above the memorial crypt, includes a circular memorial listing the names of the death camps and the Warsaw Ghetto. There is also a wall with seven bas-reliefs by Arbit Blatas that symbolize the camps and the persecution of the Jews. The facade of the building, above the forecourt, has two inscriptions. First, a line from an adaptation of Deuterono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cité Internationale Des Arts
The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence building complex which accommodates artists of all specialities and nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the Marais and the other in Montmartre. Approximately 1,200 artists, choreographers, musicians, writers, and designers from around the world live and work in the Cité internationale des arts every year. Residencies are generally a year long. History and description The idea for the ''Cité internationale des arts'' was first proposed by the Finnish artist Eero Snellman (1890-1951) at the 1937 ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne''. After the Second World War, Félix and Simone Brunau worked to bring the idea to fruition by turning it into a real project. The fledging project took the form of an association created in 1947 which benefited from the support of the Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parisine
Parisine is a typeface that was created by Jean-François Porchez and is distributed by Typofonderie. The typeface is used in Paris Métro, tramways and buses and the parts of RER parts that are operated by the RATP Group in Île-de-France. In 2015, the Osaka City Subway in Japan adopted Parisine as the Latin-character component of its new signage system, which is gradually being introduced throughout its network. Parisine The font was originally developed in 1996 as a custom typeface in Bold and Bold Italic developed for the RATP to improve signage legibility and space economy. The design was based on the proportions of Helvetica Bold but is condensed at 90%. In 1999, the font was extended to a font family for multiple uses like communication material and maps. In 2000, hinted TrueType versions were added for internal corporate use. The name Parisine is a trademark of the RATP. Parisine Std Parisine Std is an OpenType variant of Parisine. A small caps version was produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châtelet (Paris Métro)
Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to: *Châtelet, a type of large gatehouse A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the most ..., a fortified entry point of a castle Places Belgium * Châtelet, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Hainaut France * Grand Châtelet, a former stronghold with courts, police, and prisons on the site of the Place du Châtelet * Place du Châtelet, a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine on the border of the 1st and 4th arrondissements * Théâtre du Châtelet, a theatre in Paris, on the Place du Châtelet * Châtelet (Paris Métro), a Metro station in Paris, located near the Place du Châtelet * Châtelet–Les Halles (Paris RER), the central commuter train station in Paris, attached to both the Châtelet and Les Halles met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 (Paris Métro)
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *'' Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mairie D'Ivry (Paris Métro)
Mairie d'Ivry () is the southeastern terminus of line 7 of the Paris Métro, in the commune of Ivry-sur-Seine. History The station opened on 1 May 1946 when the line was extended from Porte d'Ivry and has served as its southeastern terminus since. As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors were renovated and modernised on 29 June 2005. In 2019, the station was used by 3,074,561 passengers, making it the 165th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 1,800,848 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 137th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 2,042,071 passengers, making it the 174th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. Passenger services Access The station has three accesses: * Access 1: Place de la République (with two staircases) * Access 2: rue Robespierre ''Centre Commercial'' (with an ascending escalator) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
