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20 Euros Lyon Saint-Exupéry Railway Station
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Diameter | 37 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GARE de LYON SAINT-EXUPÉRY RF |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Proof - 533 |
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Part of Monnaie de Paris's ongoing architectural series, this issue commemorates Santiago Calatrava's terminal at Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, opened in 1994. The station was originally named Satolas after the adjacent airport before being renamed in 1999 to honor Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the aviator and author of Le Petit Prince, who disappeared over the Mediterranean in July 1944 while on a reconnaissance mission for the Free French forces.
Calatrava's structure was his first major French commission, its bird-like concrete shell generating immediate controversy over cost overruns that exceeded initial projections by a substantial margin.