Opéra Bastille
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The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of th
The Opéra Bastille in 2022
Opéra Bastille shortly after inauguration in 1989
West façade of the opéra Bastille, on the rue de Lyon.
Detail view of the Place de la Bastille facade and external staircase. Patrons do not use the stairs, but enter through the street-level doors to the right.
Place de la Bastille
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The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille Prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 dur
Opéra Bastille
…concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances. Designed by Uruguayan-Canadian architect Carlos Ott, it is situated facing Place de la Bastille. It can seat 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre, making it the largest opera house in Europe. The idea of a…
The July Column, with the new pedestrian area at the south side following removal of the large road between 2019 and 2021
Storming of the Bastille (1789), by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel
Initial project for the Place de la Bastille's redevelopment, with an elephant sculpture to be built in its center
Place de la Bastille amidst Commune destruction, by Alphonse Liebert, 1871