Abbesses station
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Location
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Nearby are the Montmartre district, the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre (church), the Place du Tertre and the Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre (Art Nouveau church). The station is named after the Place des Abbesses, referring to the abbesses of the nearby abbey of the Dames-de-Montmartre.
History
The station opened on 30 January 1913,[2] three months after the extension of the Nord-Sud company's line A from Pigalle to Jules Joffrin. On 27 March 1931, line A became line 12 of the Métro.
Station layout
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| B1 | Mezzanine |
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Architecture
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The station's entrance, designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), is one of only two remaining glass-covered "dragonfly" entrances, known as Script error: No such module "Lang". (the other is located at Porte Dauphine, while a replica exists at Châtelet). Though a Guimard original, the édicule at Abbesses was originally located at Script error: No such module "Lang". and was transferred to its current location in 1974. The entrance is technically anachronistic, since line 12 of the Paris metro was built by a competing firm, the Nord-Sud Company, which did not hire Guimard but engaged other architects to design its stations and station entrances.
Abbesses in popular culture
- Abbesses is featured in Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain; a working title for the film was Amélie des Abbesses (Amélie of the Abbesses). Though set at Abbesses station, the film was actually shot at Porte des Lilas station, which has a disused platform that has been specially set up for filming.
- The entrance to Abbesses metro station is featured near the beginning of music video for Howard Jones' What Is Love as well as several other locations around Paris[3]
- Louis Vuitton has a messenger style bag in the Monogram Canvas line named after the station.
- A cartoon version of the station appears in the official music video for "Flowers", the ninth track on Émilie Simon.
- "Abbesses" is also where Minette's fashion studio is located in a Nancy Drew PC game Danger By Design.
- The French DJ crew Birdy Nam Nam has composed a musical piece called Abbesses.[4]
- Featured in multiple scenes of the final episode of Netflix original series Sense8.
References
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- ↑ Jean Robert, Notre métro page 88
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- Paris Métro stations in the 18th arrondissement of Paris
- Railway stations in France opened in 1912
- Art Nouveau architecture in Paris
- Art Nouveau railway stations
- Paris Métro line 12