Talk:Abbesses station

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The Paris Metro opened in 1900. Hector Guimard was the architect responsble for the Art Nouveau entrances in that day. Today there are only two of these magnificient works of art left in Paris and one of those is the Abbesses Metro Station.

Artistic iron work and etched glasss greet you as you enter this station wieghted with the ghosts of Monmarte. It is in the spirit of this Art Nouveau design that young artists came to breath life into the old walls of this station

The creations of this new breed of talent are simple called "decorated stairs". Most of the murals remain unsigned and it is uncertain the exact date the project was begun or completed. A number of these works of art were damaged by thoughtless graffitti. Fortunately most of them still remain as painted to greet you as you descend down the stairs to the platform.

Monmarte, the creativity lives on. Go see it, you will be glad you did.

By Debra Amundson Copyright 2006

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Debrarosemarie (talk • contribs).


 * Not to seem ungrateful, but if it's copyrighted, does it belong here in Wiki? You haven't released it under a Wiki-acceptable license.


 * Atlant 12:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

"Today there are only two of these magnificient works of art left in Paris [...]" This seems to be incorrect - the RATP website says "Aujourd’hui, il reste encore 86 des 167 ouvrages d’origine, dont les édicules de Porte Dauphine et Abbesses." - Translation: "Today, there remain 86 of the 167 original works, among which the entrances of Porte Dauphine and Abbesses." So there are still 86 original Hector Guimard entrances in Paris - though it remains to be seen what constitutes "original" - the RATP apparently has the original moulds and can make new parts from these. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.241.240.193 (talk) 02:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Quoting from Porte Dauphine:
 * The station contains one of the only two remaining aedicules originally designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), the Art Nouveau architect who was originally commissioned by the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1899 to design the entrances for the Métro stations. (The other is at Abbesses.)
 * , so I think it's that these two aedicules are the only two Guimard aedicules remaining. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 23:13, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Image requested
The article Porte Dauphine repeats the claim that this is one of two aedicules remaining on the Métro. Having just seem part of a series on Art Nouveau on BBC Four, I think that it is one of two or three glass aedicules remaining on the Métro. Either way, a photograph of the aedicule would seem like a wise addition to this article. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 22:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC) You're right, it's the complete entrance with the glass canopy. There are tons of stations with the Guimard railings, but only the two (I believe) with the original glass canopy. And since it's so important, it would indeed be great if a wikifairy were to happen by and add a picture. (Not me, alas. I'm just a gnome.) Awien (talk) 20:58, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Look at . This is just stupid. Sw2nd (talk) 22:15, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

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