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La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac - Paul Bert
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104 Rue de CharonneSightseeing
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison stood until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
The square straddles 3 arrondissements of Paris, namely the 4th, 11th and 12th. The square and its surrounding areas are normally called simply Bastille.
The July Column (Colonne de Juillet) which commemorates the events of the July Revolution (1830) stands at the center of the square. Other notable features include the Bastille Opera, the Bastille subway station and a section of the Canal Saint Martin.
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Place de la Bastille
Place de la Bastille The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison stood until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
The square straddles 3 arrondissements of Paris, namely the 4th, 11th and 12th. The square and its surrounding areas are normally called simply Bastille.
The July Column (Colonne de Juillet) which commemorates the events of the July Revolution (1830) stands at the center of the square. Other notable features include the Bastille Opera, the Bastille subway station and a section of the Canal Saint Martin.
The Place de la République, is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The square has an area of 3.4 ha (8.4 acres). It is named after the French Republic, was called the Place du Château-d'Eau until 1879, and contains a monument which includes a statue of the personification of France, La Marianne.
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Place de la Republique
The Place de la République, is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The square has an area of 3.4 ha (8.4 acres). It is named after the French Republic, was called the Place du Château-d'Eau until 1879, and contains a monument which includes a statue of the personification of France, La Marianne.
Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (44 hectares or 110 acres). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
It is also the site of three World War I memorials. The cemetery is on Boulevard de Ménilmontant.
List of burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery:
Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde*, Eugene Delacroix, Guillaume Apollinaire , Isadora Duncan, Jean de La Fontaine, Marcel Marceau, Maria Callas*.
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Père-Lachaise
Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (44 hectares or 110 acres). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
It is also the site of three World War I memorials. The cemetery is on Boulevard de Ménilmontant.
List of burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery:
Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde*, Eugene Delacroix, Guillaume Apollinaire , Isadora Duncan, Jean de La Fontaine, Marcel Marceau, Maria Callas*.
Rue de Lappe
Rue de LappeGetting Around
Charonne station
141 Bd de CharonneFaidherbe - Chaligny station
Philippe Auguste station
Essentials
Franprix
19 Bd Henri IVFreeness
172 Bd VoltaireFitness club
Carrefour Express
205 Rue St HonoréSuper U Paul Bert
14 Rue Paul BertParks & Nature
In this parc you will find Victor Hugo's house.
http://www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr/en/visitor-information/your-visit-paris
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Place des Vosges
Place des VosgesIn this parc you will find Victor Hugo's house.
http://www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr/en/visitor-information/your-visit-paris
Shopping
Misericordia
9 Rue de CharonnePeruvian shop
Arts & Culture
Bastille Opera House) is a modern opera house in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand’s “Grands Travaux”, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.
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Opera Bastille
Place de la Bastille Bastille Opera House) is a modern opera house in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand’s “Grands Travaux”, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.