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ID: 700015729
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700015729
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2
Paris Metro (subway; original entrances: Hector Guimard; also, Dominique Perrault...; opened 19 July 1900; many addi...; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;)
Note: Located in: Paris, France; vast, rapid transit subway system with 16 lines and 321 stations serving the city of Paris and its surrounding areas
Titles:
Paris Metro (preferred,C,U,PO,English-P,,N)
Métro de Paris (C,U,French-P,U,U)
Paris Métro (C,U,French,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
subway [300008577] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), systems (equipment), <systems by function>, infrastructural systems, transit systems (infrastructure), public transit (infrastructure), <public transit by form>, rail transit systems, rapid rail transit systems)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: opened 19 July 1900; many additions and renovations

Creator Display:
original entrances: Hector Guimard; also, Dominique Perrault Architecture, Grimshaw and BIG, Kengo Kuma & Associates, and Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT), among others [preferred,BWR]
architect Guimard, Hector (French architect, furniture designer, and writer, 1867-1942) Extent: original work [500009835]
Dominique Perrault Architecture, Paris (French institution, founded 1981) [500462663]
Grimshaw Architects (British architectural firm, contemporary) [500289112]
Kengo Kuma & Associates (Japanese architectural firm, contemporary) [500231995]
EMBT Miralles Tagliabue Arquitectes Associats, Barcelona (Institution, founded 1992) [500472383]
Locations:
Current: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: +48.8667,+2.3333; Paris, France
Display Materials: unavailable
Dimensions: 245.6 kilometres (152.6 mi) long, mostly underground
Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Art Nouveau [300021430] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Paris Metro........ [BWR,VP]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3789851
Métro de Paris........ [VP,BWR]
........ Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-)
Paris Métro........ [BWR,VP]
........ Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-)
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-)
....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-)
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