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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- 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 Musée Grévin and Opéra-Comique.
Musée Grévin
Museum
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Musée Grévin is a wax museum located on the Grands Boulevards in the 9th arrondissement of Paris on the right bank of the Seine. The Musée Grévin also has a location in Seoul. Musée Grévin Montreal opened in 2013, and closed in 2021.
Opéra-Comique
Theater building
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne.
Garnier Opera
Theater building
Photo: Peter Rivera, CC BY 2.0.
The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 2nd arrondissement and 9th 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.
9th arrondissement
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The 9th arrondissement of Paris is a diverse, "in between" section of the French capital. The Grands Boulevards area of shopping thoroughfares and flagship department stores is to be found in the southern part of the arrondissement.
Sentier
Suburb
Sentier is a neighbourhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.
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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