Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on Line 12

Paris Metro Line 12

Paris Métro Line 12 is one of sixteen metro lines in Paris, France. It links Issy-les-Moulineaux in southern Paris to Porte de la Chapelle in the north. With 72 million journeys per year, Line 12 is the eleventh busiest on the Parisian Métropolitan system...

 of the Paris Métro

Paris Métro

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...

 in the 9th arrondissement.

The station opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud company

Nord-Sud Company

The Nord-Sud Company was an operator of underground trains in Paris established in 1904, which built two lines and had a concession to build a third...

's line A between Porte de Versailles

Porte de Versailles (Paris Metro)

Porte de Versailles is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro and a stop on tramway lines 2 and 3.The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the stage of the Nord-Sud Company's line C from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. The line was taken over by the metro in 1930 and...

 and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. It was the northern terminus of the line until its extension to Pigalle

Pigalle (Paris Metro)

Pigalle is a station on lines 2 and 12 of the Paris Métro, named after the Place Pigalle, which commemorates the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissement...

 on 8 April 1911. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. The station is named after the nearby church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

Church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris

The Church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a neoclassical church built by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas between 1823 and 1836 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris....

. The name of the church refers to the Italian city of Loreto

Loreto (AN)

Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.-Location:...

 and its Chiesa della Casa Santa

Chiesa della Casa Santa, Loreto

The Shrine of the Holy House , is a Catholic place of pilgrimage in Loreto, Italy, containing, according to tradition, the house in which the Virgin Mary lived.-Basilica of the Holy House:...

 (Church of the Holy House), a centre of Marianism

Marian devotions

A Marian devotion is a gift of oneself, or one's activities to the Virgin Mary. It is a willingness and desire to dedicate oneself to, or venerate her; either in terms of prayers or in terms of a set of pious acts...

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The station is located located within a short walking distance from Le Peletier

Le Peletier (Paris Metro)

Le Peletier is a station of the Paris Métro. It is named after Rue le Peletier, which was named after Louis Peletier, who was the last prévôt des marchands between 1784 to 1789...

 station on line 7

Paris Metro Line 7

Paris Métro Line 7 is one of sixteen lines of the Paris Métro system. Crossing the capital from its north-eastern to south-eastern sections via a moderately curved path, it links La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 in the north with Mairie d'Ivry and Villejuif – Louis Aragon in the south, while passing...

, but no free transfer is permitted.

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