Alma - Marceau is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro,

named after the Pont de l'Alma (Alma Bridge) and the Avenue Marceau.

The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line

from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin.

The Battle of Alma was a Franco-British victory against the Russians

in the Crimean War in 1854. General François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers

(1769–1796) fought the Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.