Fun fact: Malakoff is a commune in the suburbs of Paris named after a famous battle during the Crimean War of the 1850's against the Russian Empire. It was named in honour of the battle because a victory monument was erected there. The station is typical 1970s style, and with 1970s metro trains :D
@@MetroCheck here's a question: how many of the Paris metro stations are named after a military battle? Malakoff, Stalingrad, Austerlitz, Bir-Hakeim, are some the recent ones ....
That's a tough one! I believe there are at least three more stations named after a battle: Alesia, Pyramides, Wagram. So maybe the answer is 7?🤔 Funny how none of the stations in France have been named after a losing battle... There are metro stations with the name Waterloo in London, Hannover, Charleroi and even Sydney, but I can't find a single one in France.😏
Ok, and there's also Trocadéro, Tolbiac, Alma-Marceau, even Louvre-Rivoli... Looks like the list of Paris metro stations on Wikipedia (english version) included the origin of the names in an older version: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Paris_M%C3%A9tro_stations&oldid=548140440
Schöne Aufnahme!
Auffällig ist die Graffiti Kunst am Eingang der Station.
Fun fact: Malakoff is a commune in the suburbs of Paris named after a famous battle during the Crimean War of the 1850's against the Russian Empire. It was named in honour of the battle because a victory monument was erected there. The station is typical 1970s style, and with 1970s metro trains :D
I assume the same Fun fact applies to the nearby station Malakoff-Plateau de Vanves. 😋
@@MetroCheck here's a question: how many of the Paris metro stations are named after a military battle? Malakoff, Stalingrad, Austerlitz, Bir-Hakeim, are some the recent ones ....
That's a tough one!
I believe there are at least three more stations named after a battle: Alesia, Pyramides, Wagram. So maybe the answer is 7?🤔
Funny how none of the stations in France have been named after a losing battle...
There are metro stations with the name Waterloo in London, Hannover, Charleroi and even Sydney, but I can't find a single one in France.😏
@@MetroCheck there must be more: Solférino, Iéna, Réamur-Sébastopol, Crimée, ... I know from the top of my head.
Ok, and there's also Trocadéro, Tolbiac, Alma-Marceau, even Louvre-Rivoli...
Looks like the list of Paris metro stations on Wikipedia (english version) included the origin of the names in an older version: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Paris_M%C3%A9tro_stations&oldid=548140440
Die Werbetafeln sind ja mal interessant. Und alle auf einer Seite.