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With little of history  It is the last vestige remained the first buildings of station. The places in face of was occupied of XIIIème At the XVIIIème century by the St Lawrence to fair, mentioned by year inscription located in the left house of corner. The building of origin, currently the left leaves of the station, was built between 1847-1850 per François-Alexandre Duquesney with the assistance of L ingenior Pierre Cabanel de Sermet and, was to serf the Paris-Strasbourg line, in function since 1844.
The neighbouring streets not out to the origin first travellers: Boulevard of Strasbourg, Street of Alsace etc. Its name was changed Station of Strasbourg into Station of Is in 1854. The increasing traffic brought several enlargings, included there the construction of current the right half (1924-1931, engineer Bertaud), reproducing the original building symmetrically. Today, the trains therefore from here go towards is of France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Only structure the wing left, makes the original building, is of it in axis of the Boulevard of Strasbourg, broad avenue leading towards the center of Paris. The statues represent the towns of Strasbourg - by Philippe-Henri Lemaire and, of Verdun - by Varenne (1930). This last artist is has also L autor of the decoration of the clock, showing the rivers Marne and Meuse, whereas of the other side are represented the the Seine and the Rhine, carved by Jean-Louis Brian. Agricultural produce and the armorial bearings of the 32 towns of is of France decorate the arcade of access. In the left runs of the wing, year enormous painting of Alfred Herter (1926) shows the soldiers of 1914 leaving for the face. |
