Archive for May 2019

Liege Metro Station was called Rue de Berlin before WWI but was renamed afterwards to honour the Belgian troops’ memory and heroism at the Battle of Liege

Porte de Pantin Metro station’s musical decor is related to the Cité de la Musique and Philharmonie de Paris located by the Parc de la Villette entrance

Varenne Metro station serves the Rodin Museum-Hôtel de Biron and exhibits two replicas of Rodin’s iconic statues, The Thinker and Honoré de Balzac

Reaumur-Sebastopol Metro station is in the heart of Paris’ traditional printing district and is decorated with headlines the newspapers printed during WWII

Pont-Neuf Metro station’s cultural-themed decor relates the Paris Mint‘s history with reproductions of oversized coins affixed on its ceiling and walls

Hotel-de-Ville Metro station’s decor is dedicated to the town-hall of the City of Paris, which has been the seat of the city’s institutions since 1357

Rambuteau Metro station has a colourful indirect lighting to mimic the nextdoor Pompidou Center, which is known for its brightly coloured structure

Tuileries Metro station boasts a stunning series of photo collages illustrating the past 11 decades to celebrate the Centenary of the Metropolitain de Paris

Franklin D. Roosevelt Metro station pays tribute to the WWII Allied troops’ Commander and was renovated in an international and contemporary style

Louvre-Rivoli Metro station, Paris’s first station with a cultural themed-decor, exhibits reproductions of statues and art objects from the Louvre Museum

The cultural-themed decor of Parmentier Metro station is dedicated to Antoine Parmentier who introduced potato crops in France before the French Revolution

The themed decor of Cadet Metro station on Line 7 pays tribute to Gal Lafayette and the War of Independence of the United States of America