Métro entrance

Place des Abbesses, Paris, France

August 15, 2012, 10:24 UTC (12:24 local time)

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Architect Hector Guimard designed 141 models of the Paris entrance to the Métropolitain between 1900 and 1913. He was given the official responsibility for the design of the Métro system, which featured prominently in 1900 at the time of the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The Art Nouveau movement in Paris also became known as le style Métro and le style Guimard. Eighty-six of his Métropolitain entrances are still standing.

From the viewpont of culture, these imaginative entrances bridge the underworld and the street.

Articles for home reading:

Métro Tales by Thirza Vallois, July 2012, France Today Magazine

"Hector Guimard, Entrance to the Métropolitain, c. 1898", Teaching Art Nouveau, National Gallery of Art, USA

Kiosque des Noctambules from fr.wikipedia.org

Location

Europe / France

Lat: 48° 53' 3.75" N
Long: 2° 20' 19.03" E

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Panohead: Nodal Ninja 5
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