Place de l’Opéra
The Place de l'Opéra is a square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It is located at the junction of the Boulevard des Italiens, the Boulevard des Capucines, the Avenue de l'Opéra, the Rue Auber, the Rue Halévy, the Rue de la Paix and the Rue du Quatre-Septembre.Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 57,300 residents
- Description: square in Paris, France
- Also known as: “9ème Arr”, “Arrondissement de l’Opéra”, “IXe”, “Opéra”, “Paris 09 Opera”, “Paris 09 Opéra”, “Paris 9e”, and “place de l’Opéra”
- Postal code: 75009
Places of Interest
Highlights include Orsay Museum and Notre Dame de Paris.
Orsay Museum
Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900.
Notre Dame de Paris
Church
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Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Champs-Élysées
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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, usually shortened to the Champs-Élysées, is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The avenue is 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 7th arrondissement.
1st arrondissement
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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the 1st arrondissement is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.
7th arrondissement
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The 7th arrondissement is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world, is here, as well as many government buildings. Many dignitaries and VIPs populate this arrondissement.
2nd arrondissement
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.
Place de l’Opéra
- Category: square
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Place de l’Opéra” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “歌剧院广场”
- Chinese: “歌劇院廣場”
- Dutch: “place de l’Opéra”
- Dutch: “Place de l’Opéra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الاوبرا”
- Esperanto: “Placo de la Opero”
- French: “place de l’Opéra, Paris”
- French: “Place de l’Opera”
- French: “place de l’Opéra”
- French: “Place de l’Opéra”
- Italian: “place de l’Opéra”
- Italian: “Place de l’Opéra”
- Korean: “오페라 광장”
- Malay: “Place de l’Opéra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “place de l’Opéra”
- Slovenian: “place de l’Opéra”
- Spanish: “Place de l’Opéra”
- Turkish: “Opéra Meydanı”
- Turkish: “place de l’Opéra”
- Ukrainian: “площа Опери”
- “place de l’Opéra”
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