Bouche de Métro Guimard Place Sainte-Opportune
Bouche de Métro Guimard Place Sainte-Opportune, Art Nouveau subway entrance in Place Sainte-Opportune, Paris, France
Description
The Bouche de Métro Guimard Place Sainte-Opportune is a Paris Metro entrance with green-painted cast iron frames, curved lines in plant motifs, and glass panels above the stairway. The structure combines functional design with decorative elements typical of the art movement of that era.
History
Architect Hector Guimard designed this entrance around 1900 for the first generation of Paris Metro entrances for the World's Fair. The design changed how functional transportation structures were seen in the city.
Culture
The entrance shows the Art Nouveau movement through organic forms that reconnect architecture with nature. Visitors can see how this design style shaped the Paris street landscape in the early 1900s.
Practical
The entrance sits on Place Sainte-Opportune in the heart of Paris and offers direct access to the Metro station below. Visitors should know this is an active transit point where people constantly come and go.
Did you know?
The entrance displays Guimard's signature lettering design in the 'Metropolitain' sign, created specifically for the Paris network. This typography became the identifying mark of the entire system and remains visible today.
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