Alma–Marceau (French pronunciation:[almamaʁso]) is a
station on
Line 9 of the
Paris Métro, named after the Pont de l'Alma (Alma Bridge) and the Avenue Marceau. The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line from
Trocadéro to
Saint-Augustin.
Diana, Princess of Wales died as a result of a car crash in the tunnel under the Pont de l'Alma in 1997. The square east of the metro entrance is officially named
Place Diana, in her memory.[1]
The Zouave, a sculpture of a
Zouave by
Georges Diebolt, is attached to the upstream side of the
Pont de l'Alma. Parisians measure the depth of floods by noting the proportion of the statue that is under water.
Near the station are the cabaret of the
Crazy Horse Saloon and the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris in the
Palais de Tokyo.
The Place d'Alma is at the western end of the Cours Albert Ier et Cours La Reine, which contain some statues commemorating characters symbolising the relations between France and other countries.
The starting point of visits to the Paris sewers in the vicinity of the
Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.