9th arrondissement of Paris
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The 9th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le neuvième.
The Palais Garnier on the Place de l'Opéra
Opéra Garnier seen from the Printemps Haussmann
Mairie du IXe arrondissement
Galeries Lafayette flagship store
Le Figaro
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Le Figaro is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise".
6th issue, 20 January 1826
Front page of Le Figaro, 4 August 1914
Share of the Société du Figaro, issued 13 June 1923