Gare de Lyon

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Paris Lyon (or Gare de Lyon) is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France.

It is named after the city of Lyon, a stop for many long-distance trains departing here, most en route to the south of France. In general the station’s SNCF services run to the south and east of France. The station also hosts regional trains and the RER. It is served by the Gare de Lyon metro station. The station is located in the XIIe arrondissement, on the north bank of the river Seine, east of Paris.

The station was built for the World Exposition of 1900. On multiple levels, it is considered a classic example of the architecture of its time. Most notable is the large clock tower atop one corner of the station, similar in style to the clock tower of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament, home to Big Ben.

The station houses the Le Train Bleu restaurant, which has served drinks and meals to travellers and other guests since 1901 in an ornately-decorated setting.

On 27 June 1988, a runaway train crashed into a stationary rush-hour train, killing 56 people and injuring a further 

The station was comically featured in Mr. Bean’s Holiday starring Rowan Atkinson.

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Jan 13, 2012

Bercy Village

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It was built on the site of the old cellars and warehouses of Bercy, registered historic. The place was an important market and wine logistics in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

The Bercy district was developed in the late twentieth century with the opening of the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in 1984 and the creation of the new building of the Ministry of Finance.

Bercy village was completed in 2001 and now has thirty stores and restaurants. A complex is also present UGC, the UGC Ciné Cité Bercy.

It is served by the subway line 14 station Cour Saint-Emilion.

Adresse : Cour Saint-Emilion, Paris 12ème

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Jan 13, 2012

Restaurant “Le Train Bleu”

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A legendary establishment !

It was upon the occasionof the Universal Exhibition in 1900 that the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean (PLM) Company built the restaurant.

In the beginning it was called the “Buffet de la Gare de Lyon” (Lyon Station Buffet). It was renamed “Le Train Bleu” in 1963, in tribute to the famous “Paris-Vintimiglia” service, then granted historical monument status in 1972 by André Malraux.

The establishment also owes its renown to the forty-one paintings on its walls and ceiling – the most famous amongst them represent the landscapes traversed by the trains of the PLM network – and its waxed parquet flooring, wood paneling, the patina of the long, leather-upholstered wall-seats, white tablecloths and logotype crockery. Since its inauguration by Emile Loubet, the President of the French Republic, on 7th April 1901, customers have been flocking to the restaurant.

Regulars have included Coco Chanel, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali and Jean Gabin. More recently, Luc Besson immortalised the restaurant in his film “Nikita”.

Adresse : 1er étage Gare de Lyon – Place Louis Armand, Paris 12ème
Tel : 01 43 43 09 06

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Aug 12, 2011

The Place des Vosges by Hotel de France Paris

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1605, Henri IV requires the development of this place for silk factory workers so can relax near their workplace.

Unfortunately the project is abandoned, and it’s finally by an idea of Catherine de Medici, who decided to making it a nice area for the aristocrats of the Marais, who built the “Place des Vosges”.

Basically, it is called “Place Royale”. It will be renamed at the Revolution to take the name of “Place of the indivisibility” and will take definitely the final name of Place des Vosges in the year 1800 in honor of the first region that having paid the tax.

Many famous people at that time have stayed as : Victor Hugo, Bosssuet, Richelieu, Madame de Sevigne and Alphonse Daudet.

The architecture of this place was defined entirely by King Henry IV : brick and stone for buildings and two floors of slate roofs. The ground floor of these buildings all have arcades.

Subsequently, these passages under the building were originally intended to be places of walks for finally become shopping malls. Many Parisians see this place as the most beautiful of the city. The look was retains as Henri IV wanted it. Some of the 36 houses or town houses can be visited:

- The Pavillon du Roi,
- The Hotel de Chaulnes
- The Palace Mexaris
- The Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné which houses the Museum Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo lived there from 1832 to 1848 and the museum dedicated to him was installed in 1903. Visitors can discover in their visit the drawings of the writer, various stages of his life illustrated by his effigy busts, photographs and family heirlooms.

Today the old rides have become shopping malls. it is possible to find antique shops, art galleries and bookstores or just have a tea in the pure French tradition throught random wanderings.

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