Austerlitz

*How do you do, Seigneur Conductor? Part of the Verforet Gendarmerie, l'Austerlitz. I grew up deep in the dimly lit forest surrounded by stacks of books. Therefore my social skills are a bit lacking, but I'm a good match for Rennes. We both get all nervous and have no idea what we're saying. Well anyway, that was my introduction.*

## Trivia

* Austerlitz's birthday is the opening date of Gare d'Austerlitz in 1840.
* Austerlitz's beast motif is the Eurasian eagle-owl. The modern West generally associates owls with wisdom and vigilance. This link goes back at least as far as Ancient Greece, where Athens, noted for art and scholarship, and Athena, Athens' patron goddess and the goddess of wisdom, had the owl as a symbol.
* "Sage Time" is a slang for Post-coital tristesse (PCT), also known as post-coital dysphoria, more commonly known as 'Post-nut clarity'. It is a feeling of sharp decline in excitement, turning extremely calm and lethargic after sexual intercourse or masturbation. Its name comes from New Latin postcoitalis and French tristesse, literally "sadness".
* Austerlitz's liking for books is a reference to Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, the national library of France, built just near Gare d'Austerlitz.
* Austerlitz and Waterloo contrasts each other - Battle of Austerlitz is Emperor Napoleon's greatest achievement and Battle of Waterloo is his ultimate defeat.
* The emblem of the hat worn in [The Wisdom Left in Books] takes motifs from the decorative sculpture of the Pont d'Austerlitz bridge. The bridge owes its name to the battle of Austerlitz in 1805 - Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest victory. The battle is often cited as a tactical masterpiece, in the same league as other historic engagements like Cannae or Gaugamela.
* "Biblio" is short for "Bibliothèque", meaning Library.

## Counterpart

Austerlitz Station (Gare d'Austerlitz), officially Paris-Austerlitz, is one of the six large Paris rail termini. The station is located on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the 13th arrondissement. It is the start of the Paris–Bordeaux railway; the line to Toulouse is connected to this line. In 1997, the Ministry of Culture designated the Gare d'Austerlitz a historical monument; it became the fifth large railway station in Paris to receive such a label, as currently only Montparnasse has not been attributed it.

The Gare D'Austerlitz was the main station in Paris for the Paris-Orléans (PO) company and was originally called the Gare d'Orléans station. The station is near the Quai d'Austerlitz, and the bridge that gives it its name. These were named after the Czech town once known as Austerlitz (today Slavkov u Brna). Napoleon I defeated the superior numbers of the Third Coalition there on 2 December 1805 at the Battle of Austerlitz.

Built from 1838, the first platform was built slightly back from the current location of the station by the architect Félix-Emmanuel Callet and began service on 20 September 1840. Later demolished, the station was rebuilt, from 1862 to 1869, by Pierre-Louis Renaud (1819–1897), chief architect of the Paris-Orléans company. It included a large hall made from iron, 51.25 metres (168 ft 2 in) wide and 280 metres (920 ft) long (the second largest in France after Bordeaux), designed by Ferdinand Mathieu and carried out by the construction workshops of Schneider & Co at Le Creusot and Chalon-sur-Saône.

In 1900, the Paris-Orléans company extended its railway line towards the centre of the capital, with the Gare d'Orsay becoming the new head of line, when it entered service on 28 May on the occasion of the Exposition Universelle. The design was by architect Victor Laloux, and the construction by the contractor Léon Chagnaud. In 1906, the great hall of Gare d'Austerlitz was literally pierced through its width by the Metro 5 line by an extension of a viaduct crossing the Seine. An elevated station was located in the hall.

Since 1926, the Paris-Vierzon line was electrified to 1500 V, so no more steam engines entered Austerlitz. It was the first station in Paris to no longer receive a steam train. In 1939, the Gare d'Orsay saw its function limited to suburban traffic, and the Gare d'Austerlitz once again became a terminus station for the main lines. On 28 February 1997, part of the station were classified as historical monuments, especially its facades and glass roof. Wikipedia

Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, also known as the Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) is the national library of France, located in Paris. It is the national repository of all that is published in France and also holds extensive historical collections.

The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at the Louvre Palace by Charles V in 1368. Charles had received a collection of manuscripts from his predecessor, John II, and transferred them to the Louvre from the Palais de la Cité. On 14 July 1988, President François Mitterrand announced "the construction and the expansion of one of the largest and most modern libraries in the world, intended to cover all fields of knowledge, and designed to be accessible to all, using the most modern data transfer technologies, which could be consulted from a distance, and which would collaborate with other European libraries". Due to initial trade union opposition, a wireless network was fully installed only in August 2016.

As of 2016, the BnF contained roughly 14 million books at its four Parisian sites (Tolbiac, i.e. Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, and Richelieu, Arsenal and Opéra) as well as printed documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps and plans, scores, coins, medals, sound documents, video and multimedia documents, scenery elements..." The library retains the use of the Rue de Richelieu complex for some of its collections. Wikipedia

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