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During development, the project was titled Metropol Parasol, with locals quickly adopting a colloquial nickname, the setas or mushrooms. [6] Seville officially adopted the name Setas de Sevilla after discovering the project's architect had trademarked the name "Metropol Parasol" and would charge for its use; [7] Setas de Sevilla has been the project's official name since opening, [8]
Map of all the world's metro systems The year the metro system was opened for commercial service at metro standards. In other words, parts of the system may be older, but as parts of a former light rail or commuter rail network, so the year that the system obtained metro standards (most notably electrification) is the one listed.
Parasola is a genus of coprinoid mushrooms in the family Psathyrellaceae.These small frail fungi have translucent caps where the radiating gills look like the spokes of a parasol (except for P. conopilea which was recently added to the genus).
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Metro New York (2004–2020), merged with AM New York, renamed AM New York Metro; AM New York Metro (2003, as AM New York), merged with Metro New York; Metro Daily, Hong Kong newspaper; Metro Santa Cruz, former name of a newspaper in Santa Cruz, California, renamed the Santa Cruz Weekly; Metro Silicon Valley, a newspaper in San Jose, California
1995 – special award from the Minister of Construction and Spatial Development for the completed Warsaw Metro project. [1] 2001 – badge for Four Centuries of Warsaw’s Capitality. [1] 2005 – first prize in the second review of the Chamber of Building Design for the Metro Station Design of Plac Wilsona metro station. [1]
An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is usually designed to protect a person against rain . The term umbrella is traditionally used when protecting oneself from rain, while parasol is used when protecting oneself from sunlight, though the terms ...
Relevant Wikipedia article Year opened Stations System length Antwerp Belgium: Antwerp Pre-metro [1] 1975 11 [2] 8.1 km (5.0 mi) Brussels: Brussels premetro [3] 1969 15 Charleroi: Métro Léger de Charleroi [4] 1976 48 33 km (21 mi) Frankfurt [dubious – discuss] Germany: Frankfurt U-Bahn: 1968 86 64.9 km (40.3 mi) Dublin [dubious – discuss ...