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| Date opened | 13 August 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accesses | Jardin des Tuileries (two) Place de la Concorde × Rue Royale (two) Place de la Concorde × Rue de Rivoli (two) Rue de Rivoli × Rue de Mondovi Rue de Rivoli × rue St-Florentin |
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the 1st arrondissement of Paris
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Concorde is a station on lines 1, 8 and 12 of the Paris Métro in the Place de la Concorde in central Paris and the 1st arrondissement.
The station was opened on 13 August 1900, almost a month after trains began running on the original section of line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 12 platforms were opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the first section of the Nord-Sud Company's line C from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. This line was taken over by the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris and was renamed line 12 on 27 March 1931. The line 8 platforms were opened on 12 March 1914 on the first section of the line from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels on line 10) to Opéra; this line had been opened on 13 July 1913, although the platforms at Concorde and Invalides were not yet finished.
Concorde is distinctive due to its décor; the tunnel for line 12 is decorated with tiles spelling the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen.
Ezra Pound's famous Imagist poem, In a Station of the Metro, was inspired by this station.
Places of interest
- The Place de la Concorde is on the right bank of the Seine opposite the French National Assembly, which sits in the Palais Bourbon.
- To the east of the Place is the western end of the Tuileries Gardens, including Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume and the Musée de l'Orangerie.
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| Paris Métro | Line 1 |
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La Défense — Grande Arche A • Esplanade de la Défense • Pont de Neuilly • Les Sablons • Porte Maillot C • Argentine • Charles de Gaulle — Étoile 2 6 A • George V • Franklin D. Roosevelt 9 • Champs-Élysées — Clemenceau 13 • Concorde 8 12 • Tuileries • Palais Royal — Musée du Louvre 7 • Louvre — Rivoli • Châtelet 4 7 11 14 A B D • Hôtel de Ville 11 • Saint-Paul • Bastille 5 8 • Gare de Lyon 14 A D • Reuilly — Diderot 8 • Nation 2 6 9 A • Porte de Vincennes • Saint-Mandé • Bérault • Château de Vincennes |
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| Paris Métro | Line 12 |
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Porte de la Chapelle • Marx Dormoy • Marcadet — Poissonniers 4 • Jules Joffrin • Lamarck — Caulaincourt • Abbesses • Pigalle 2 • Saint-Georges • Notre-Dame-de-Lorette • Trinité — d'Estienne d'Orves • Saint-Lazare 3 13 14 E • Madeleine 8 14 • Concorde 1 8 • Assemblée Nationale • Solférino • Rue du Bac • Sèvres — Babylone 10 • Rennes • Notre-Dame-des-Champs • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe 4 6 13 • Falguière • Pasteur 6 • Volontaires • Vaugirard • Convention • Porte de Versailles • Corentin Celton • Mairie d'Issy |
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Coordinates: 48°51′58″N 2°19′21″E / 48.866176°N 2.322397°E
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