- Saint-Philippe du Roule (Paris Métro)
Infobox Paris metro
Name=Saint-Philippe du Roule
Day=27 May
Year=1923
Access=
Municipality=the 8th arrondissement of Paris
Zone=1
Next=
X=97
Y=51Saint-Philippe du Roule is a station of the
Paris Métro . The village of Roule, which became a suburb in 1722, was a small locality called "Romiliacum" by Frédégaire, "Crioilum" bySaint Eligius , then "Rolus" in the 12th century.A chapel was established in the district of Bas-Roule, near a
leprosarium . It was replaced by a more important church, which was built by Jean Chalgrin between 1774 and 1784. The church of Saint-Philippe du Roule was built in the style of a Greco-Romanbasilica . It was enlarged by Godde in 1845 andVictor Baltard in 1860. Itspediment , representing "Religion" and its attributes, is byFrançois-Joseph Duret .
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