Philippe Auguste

(b Saint-Marc, 27 Jan 1908; d Port-au-Prince, 2 June 1989). Haitian painter. He found his artistic vocation late in life, abandoning his career as a lawyer at the age of 51 to paint full-time. He developed a style reminiscent of that of Henri Rousseau, whose work he clearly admired, producing often wildly inventive pictures such as jungle scenes populated by African animals deriving more from his imagination than from reality. His images include fearful hybrid creatures from Haitian folklore shown stalking the jungle, as well as carnival scenes and pictures of market-places.

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Philippe-Auguste (Philippe II) (1165-1223) was king of France from 1180 to 1223. He made a vital contribution to the establishment of the French state and the expulsion of the English from France, and also to the development of Paris, where remains of his city wall (the enceinte Philippe-Auguste) can still be seen.

Philippe Auguste
Date opened	January 31 1903
Accesses	212, boul. de Charonne 19, rue de Mont-Louis
Municipality/ Arrondissement	the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 2 Direction Porte Dauphine Direction Nation Père Lachaise Alexandre Dumas
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of Metro station

Philippe Auguste is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). The station is named after the Avenue Philippe Auguste, named after King Philip II of France, making it the only station in Paris named for French royalty. It was the location of the Barrière des Rats, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during in 1840.^[1][2]

The famous Père Lachaise Cemetery is nearby.

Layout

Side Platform

towards Porte Dauphine

towards Nation

Side Platform

References

1. ^ "La barrière des Rats" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b77436384.item.f1.langFR. 
2. ^ "La barrière des Rats" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k208539k.image.f178.langFR. 

Paris Métro	Line 2
Porte Dauphine • Victor Hugo • Charles de Gaulle — Étoile 1 6 A • Ternes • Courcelles • Monceau • Villiers 3 • Rome • Place de Clichy 13 • Blanche • Pigalle 12 • Anvers • Barbès — Rochechouart 4 • La Chapelle ⇒ B D • Stalingrad 5 7 • Jaurès 5 7bis • Colonel Fabien • Belleville 11 • Couronnes • Ménilmontant • Père Lachaise 3 • Philippe Auguste • Alexandre Dumas • Avron • Nation 1 6 9 A

Coordinates: 48°51′29″N 2°23′27″E / 48.858021°N 2.390938°E / 48.858021; 2.390938

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