Metro BARBES ROCHECHOUART . Where does it come from

ANyone know where this name comes from ?

Did this person exist ?

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According to mùy guide to the metro lines bought from a homeless guy ....

it%26#39;s not %26#39;one%26#39; guy but two. Armand Barbès was a revolutionary and deputy for the far left, he was imprisoned, pardonned by Napoléon III and then exiled himself to the Netherlands.

The second half of the name is Marguerite de Rochechouart de Montpipeau - she was one of the abbesses of Monmartre in charge of the monestry in the early 18th Century.

Hope that helps, yu could try googling the two names for more details.

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HM.. why put these two names together ? I m lookong for other names givent to metro stations which aremoreor less bizarre

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It%26#39;s nothing more exciting than the fact that Boulevard Barbès and Boulevard Rouchechuart meet at the crossroads where the station is located.

You%26#39;ll find most (if not all) of the stations are named after the roads or %26#39;places%26#39; above ground - which were in turn named after people, battles etc.

Voltaire, Charonne, Rue des Boulets, Rue St. Maur (formerly just St. Maur), Richard Lenoir to name but a few.

One example of where this caused confusion was %26quot;Grands Boulevards%26quot; which (being under the junction of Boulevard Montmarte, rue Faubourg Montmartre %26amp; Blv Poissonière) used to be called %26quot;Montmartre%26quot; ... too many tourists were confused and got out expecting to see Sacre Coeur and so the name was changed.

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Here is another one %26quot; Les filles du Calvaire%26quot;

Any solution ?

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Again the metro station Filles des Calvaire is simple the metro station which stands at a junctions with %26#39;rue des Fillees du Calvaire%26quot;. From the sound of the name there was probably some sort of convent there at one point.

If you have a map of Paris, rather than just the metro you should be able to see which stations share their name with an above ground feature or features which would help you reserach any names.

When you%26#39;re in Paris a lot of the street names will have a short explanation of who/what the road is named after.

I think I read that you are planning to come to Père Lachaise - if you come by line 3 from Opéra say all the stations are named after above ground roads and places except Arts et Métiers, Bourse and Père Lachaise which are named after the nearest big important %26#39;sight%26#39;, a museum, the old Stock Exchange and the cemetry.

If you are coming to Père Lachaise BTW start at the Gambetta entrabnce and then you%26#39;re heading downhill, and you pass through a closed down metro station !

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I am getting a book called Metro Insolite