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Name M° Porte Dauphine
Address   Paris XVI, M° Porte Dauphine
Author Hector Guimard
Year 1899

This Metro entrance is really, really famous, and we have seen it several times on posters and movies. It is quite different from other entrances because it is covered by a roof. As usually we found here all the typical elements of Art Nouveau: ironworking and glass, moulded in vegetal and organic shapes.
Very typical is also the "umbrella" that covers the actual entrance.

 

Parigi Art Nouveau is a