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Louvre Rivoli is a station of the Paris Métro. It is near the Louvre and Rue de Rivoli. It was first opened in 1900. Exterior open entrance to a metro station (Tribunal station in Madrid) A metro station is a railway station for a metro. ... Paris Art Nouveau Metro sign The Paris Métro is the metro (underground) system in Paris, France. ... I.M. Peis Louvre Pyramid: the entrance to the galleries lies below the glass pyramid The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Rue de Rivoli is one of the most famous streets of Paris, a commercial street whose shops include the most fashionable names in the world. ...


The platforms in this station are decorated with ancient art, referring to the Louvre Museum. Note, however, that the museum is accessible via the next station: Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre.


Line serving this station

  • Line 1

Line 1 runs from La Défense - Grande Arche in the west to Château de Vincennes in the east. The adjacent stations are Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre (to the west) and Châtelet (to the east). La Défense - Grande Arche is a station of the Paris Métro. ... redirect List_of_stations_of_the_Paris_M�tro ... Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre is a station of the Paris Métro. ... The following is a list of all stations of the Paris Métro, sorted by lines. ...


See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Louvre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2016 words)
Built as a fortified royal palace for Philip Augustus in the centre of Paris and in the axis of the Champs-Élysées, parts of it were first opened to the public as a museum on November 8, 1793, during the French Revolution.
The central courtyard, occupied by the Louvre Pyramid built in 1989, serves as the main entrance to the museum.
The Louvre is mentioned briefly in a joke by Robin Williams in Live on Broadway.
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