Saint-Philippe du Roule () is a station on line 9 of the

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. The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin. The village of Roule, which became a suburb in 1722, was a small locality called ''Romiliacum'' by Frédégaire, ''Crioilum'' by

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, then ''Rolus'' in the 12th century.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances divided into three metro entrances on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt: * Access 1 - ''Rue La Boétie'', consisting of a fixed staircase embellished with a mast with a yellow "M" inscribed in a circle, leading to the right of no. 30 of the avenue; * Access 2 - ''Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue'', consisting of a fixed stairway entrance also equipped with a yellow "M" mast and an exit by an ascending escalator, located back-to-back facing No. 69.

Station layout

Platforms

Saint-Philippe-du-Roule is a standard station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the ''Andreu-Motte'' style with two orange light canopies, benches, tunnel exits, and corridor openings treated with flat orange tiles as well as ''Motte'' seats in the same colour. These fittings are combined with the bevelled white ceramic tiles covering the walls and vault. The advertising frames are made of honey-coloured earthenware and the name of the station is also made of earthenware, in the style of the original CMP. It is one of the few stations that still features the ''Andreu-Motte'' style in its entirety.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 28, 32, 52, 80 and 93 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby

North of the station is the fashionable street of

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and the church of Saint-Philippe du Roule. A chapel was established in the district of Bas-Roule, near a

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. It was replaced by a more important church, which was built by Jean Chalgrin between 1774 and 1784. The church of Saint-Philippe du Roule was built in the style of a Greco-Roman

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. It was enlarged by Godde in 1845 and

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in 1860. Its

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, representing ''Religion'' and its attributes, is by François-Joseph Duret.

Gallery

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References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 8th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1923 {{Paris-metro-stub