Lesseps station
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Lesseps is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, named after its location, Plaça de Lesseps, in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, itself named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was appointed French
Platforms in Lesseps
Metro Barcelona train type 3000
L9 Santa Rosa
Ferdinand de Lesseps
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Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869, joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and t
Lesseps station
…is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, named after its location, Plaça de Lesseps, in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, itself named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was appointed French consul in 1842. The station is served by line L3. The station opened in 1924 as the northern terminus of the first metro line…
Lesseps photographed by Nadar
Caricature of de Lesseps by André Gill, 1867.
Lesseps' statue displayed today in front of the Suez Canal International Museum in Ismailia.
Ferdinand de Lesseps' house and office in Ismailia, near the Suez Canal