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A Paris, la station de métro Bir Hakeim sur la ligne 6 est la plus proche de la tour Eiffel,
In Paris, the Bir Hakeim metro station on line 6 is the closest to the Eiffel tower

  Son nom commémore la célèbre bataille qui eut lieu en 1942 dans le désert de Libye,opposant les Forces Françaises Libres aux Forces Allemandes

Its name commemorates the famous battle which took place in 1942,
opposing the Free French Army to the German Army, in the Libyan desert

Bir Hakeim est une station aérienne construite au dessus de la chaussée,
sa structure métallique s'apparente à celle des grandes gares

Bir Hakeim is an elevated metro station which is built above the roadway,
its metallic structure is similar to those of the major Parisian railway stations


Tout récemment rénovée, ellea rouvert ses portes au public avec une touche culturelle en plus ...
The station has been very recently renovated and reopened to the public
with an additional cultural touch …



Une  belle verrière signée de l'artiste américaine Judy Ledgerwood 
A beautiful glass roof signed by the American artist Judy Ledgerwood   

 
 

Comme son grand frère de Chicago, le métro aérien de Paris est d'une grande audace architecturale et esthétique

Like its Chicago older brother, the elevated Paris metro line is of a great architectural and industrial design

  L'intérieur de la station à la tombée de la nuit
Inside the station when night falls

 En échange, la RATP a offert à la ville de Chicago un entourage Guimard de style Art nouveau implanté à la station Van Buren Street (réseau Metra) desservant le Millenium Park

In exchange, RATP (the Parisian Transport Authority) has offered a Guimard Art Nouveau style frame to the city of  Chicago. It has been settled at the Van Buren Street station on the Metra line which is leading to Millenium Park.

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