Les Halles
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished
Canopy over the mall
Design of Les Halles in 1863, By Victor Baltard.
View of Les Halles from Saint-Eustache in 1870
The modernist first incarnation of Forum des Halles, in 2007
Châtelet–Les Halles station
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Châtelet–Les Halles station is a major train hub in Paris and the largest underground station in the world. Opened in 1977, it is the central transit hub for the Paris metropolitan area, connecting th
Les Halles
…around 50 million visitors every year, making it the busiest in France as of 2019. It is directly connected to the massive RER and métro transit hub of Châtelet–Les Halles, Paris's busiest station. In the 11th century, a market grew up by a cemetery to the northwest of Paris in an area called the Little Fields (Champeaux…
Place Marguerite de Navarre entrance