Street art · Paris
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Édicule Guimard
By Hector Guimard
Ever wonder why Paris metro stops look like blooming vines? Thank Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau ironwork — this cast-iron Pasteur station entrance twists like organic stems into a glowing amber 'Metropolitain' sign, a 1900s design icon.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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