Japanese version
Gare Saint Lazare
French words:
Gare Saint Lazare
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alternative words: Saint Lazare station, Saint Lazare railroad station, Gare Saint Lazare station
keywords: building , paris , transport
related topics: Paris subway
related web sites: http://www.paris.org/Gares/Saint.Lazare/ , http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_Saint-Lazare
explanation: Built in 1837 in northwestern Paris near a department store district, "Gare Saint Lazare" is the oldest railroad station of Paris. Becoming too small, it was successively enlarged between 1841-1843 and between 1851-1853. The station scene has been immortalized by Monet's painting "Gare Saint Lazare" in 1877. The present station was built by Juste Lisch between 1885-1889 for the occasion of 1889's world exposition and presents a 17th century Beaux-Arts style frontage with the direct link to a terminus hotel.