Dear uniques,
As you already know, Paris is a city full of surprises and beautiful places. But besides the famous art galleries, popular monuments and fascinating museums, there are another amazing spots you should visit.
Today we bring you some of those places: Paris Metro Stations. You may not believe it, but some of those stations are real masterpieces, let’s see them:
Arts et Métiers
The name is a tribut to the french museum. It serves the lines 3 and 11 and it was opened on 19 October 1904. Was redesigned by François Schuiten, in 1994.
Concorde
The station was opened on 13 August 1900 and its present décor was created by the artist Françoise Schein, that covered the entire station’s voult line 12 with tiles spelling the declaration of the rights of man and citizen of 1789.
Bastille
This is a station on lines 1, 5 and 8, and it was redecorated in 1989 to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution.
Liège
This is a station on line 13, on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements. It was built as part of the Nord-Sud Company’s Line B from Saint-Lazare to Porte de Saint-Ouen and opened on 26 February 1911. The station was closed at the beginning of World War II, for economy reasons.
Louvre – Rivolli
This station placed on Paris Métro Line 1, near the Louvre and Rue de Rivoli, was opened on 13 August 1900. 68 years later, all the platforms were decorated with replicas of ancient art from the Louvre Museum. It was the first metro station to become culturally decorated. Well done!
Pont Neuf
This station is located in the heart of old Paris and it opened in 1926. Here you can find large reproductions of various coins, representing the Monnaie de Paris (the oldest french institution, that works like the direction of coins and medals).
Tuileries
This station it is located underneath Rue de Rivoli (near the Jardin des Tuileries). Here’s something cool: Tuileries station was the alleged setting of a part of the film Paris, je t’aime, but the real setting was Porte des Lilas—Cinema, a closed metro station.
Varenne
The station was opened on 20 December 1923 as part of the original section of line 10. Another stations nearby are Musée Rodin and Les Invalides. In 1982, the station was refurbished with new ceramic decorations made in Belgium, but it suffered a renovation in December 2006.
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Enjoy visiting Paris and seeing this Paris Metro Stations Best Designs.
