Glacière (Paris Métro)

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Glacière
Date opened	1906
Accesses
Municipality/ Arrondissement	Paris 13e
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 6 Direction Charles de Gaulle-Étoile Direction Nation Saint-Jacques Corvisart
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of Metro station

Glacière is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the Rue de la Glacière.

[edit] History

In this district, the Bièvre River, which flows into the Seine, formed many lakes and ponds where herds of animals once drank. More recently, these basins provided large amounts of ice which were used for preserving in the summer in wells built for the purpose before the invention of the electric refrigerator. The name, Glacière, is the only reminder of the old iceworks.

[edit] Places of interest

Victor Hugo located an episode of Les Misérables in the nearby Rue du Champ de l'Alouette, where there used to be tanneries.

Paris Métro

Line 6

Charles de Gaulle — Étoile 1 2A • Kléber • Boissière • Trocadéro 9 • Passy • Bir-Hakeim • Dupleix • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle 8 10 • Cambronne • Sèvres — Lecourbe • Pasteur 12 • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe 4 12 13 • Edgar Quinet • Raspail 4 • Denfert-Rochereau 4B • Saint-Jacques • Glacière • Corvisart • Place d'Italie 5 7 • Nationale • Chevaleret • Quai de la Gare • Bercy 14 • Dugommier • Daumesnil 8 • Bel-Air • Picpus • Nation 1 2 9A

Coordinates: 48°49′52″N, 2°20′36″E