Paris, Colourful Metro Station Entry. Palais royal-musee du Louvre.

Paris, Colourful Metro Station Entry. Palais royal-musee du Louvre, by Jean-Michel Othoniel.

French contemporary artist; Jean-Michel Othoniel is responsible for this colourful beauty. Situated on Place Collette in front of the theatre Comédie-Française on Rue Saint Honoré. Originally named Palais Royal in the summer of 1900, when it was one of the first of eight stations that made up the main line one.