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Place De L'Odéon
The Place de l'Odéon (English: Odeon Square) is a semicircular plaza in the Odéon Quarters of Paris, quarter in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Description Place de l'Odéon is in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement of Paris. It is built as a semi-circle, with its base facing south and running along the Odéon Theatre (Paris), Odéon Theatre for which it is named. From the arc, five streets lead off from the square at regular intervals: * West: Rue Regnard * Northwest: Rue Crébillon * North: Rue de l'Odéon * Northeast: Rue Casimir-Delavigne * East: Rue Racine To the south, on either side of the theatre, two parallel streets run perpendicular to the square: Rue Rotrou to the west and Rue Corneille to the east. The Café Voltaire stood at No. 1, frequented by the likes of Maurice Barrès, Barrès, Bourget, Stéphane Mallarmé, Mallarmé, and Verlainein in the nineteenth century. History and notable residents The square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
