Porte Dauphine (Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny) is a station of the Paris Métro. It is the western terminus of Line 2. Nearby, one can transfer to the RER C at Avenue Foch station (with no direct transfer). Paris Dauphine University is nearby.
The station contains one of the only two remaining aedicules originally designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), the Art Nouveau architect who was originally commissioned by the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1899 to design the entrances for the Métropolitain stations. (The other is at Abbesses.)
The Porte Dauphine station was inaugurated on 13 December 1900. It is named after Porte Dauphine, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris. Its subtititle honours Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny. Fare Zone:1.
October 8, 2018