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q Pavillon de hollow bronze reaches 50.5 m
l’Arsenal (166 ft) into the sky. It is a
memorial to those who died
21 Blvd Morland 75004. Map 14 D5. in the street battles of July
Tel 01 42 76 33 97. q Sully Morland, 1830 that led to the overthrow
Bastille. Open 10:30am–6:30pm Tue– of the monarch (see pp34–5).
Sat, 11am–7pm Sun. Closed 1 Jan. The crypt contains the remains
- = 8 by appointment only.
∑ pavillon-arsenal.com of 504 victims of the violent
fighting and others who died
The Pavillon de l’Arsenal in the 1848 revolution.
houses a small but fascinating
exhibition illustrating the r Place de la
architectural evolution of
Paris. Using films, models Bastille
and panoramic images, this 75004. Map 14 E4. q Bastille.
permanent exhibition explores
how Paris was built over the Nothing is left of the prison
centuries, as well as looking at stormed by the revolutionary
future plans for the city. Up to mob on 14 July 1789 (see
three temporary exhibitions are pp32–3) – an event celebrated
also pro grammed each year. annually by the French –
although the stones were
w Opéra National The “genius of liberty” on top of the used for the construction of
the Pont de la Concorde. The
de Paris Bastille Colonne de Juillet large, traffic-clogged square
which marks the site was once
120 Rue de Lyon 75012. Map 14 E4. The main auditorium seats an the border between central
Tel 01 40 01 19 70 or 08 92 89 90 90.
q Bastille. Open for guided tours audience of 2,700; its design is Paris and the eastern working-
only. Performance times are published functional and modern with class areas (faubourgs).
online. Closed certain public hols. black upholstered seats Gentrification, however, is well
& 7 8 compulsory; book in contrasting with the granite of under way: the marina known
advance. See Entertainment pp337, 339. the walls and the impressive as Bassin de l’Arsenal welcomes
∑ operadeparis.fr glass ceiling. With its five 180 pleasure boats and plays
moveable stages, this opera host to the small Jardin de
The controversial “people’s house is certainly a masterpiece l’Arsenal garden, a terraced café
opera” was officially opened on of technological wizardry. and a playground. At the
14 July 1989 to coincide with northern end of the marina,
the bicentennial celebrations e Colonne de trendy bars, cafés, seafood
of the Storming of the Bastille. restaurants and art galleries
Carlos Ott’s imposing building Juillet can be found.
is a notable break with 19th- Pl de la Bastille 75004. Map 14 E4. Just east of the Opéra Bastille
century opera-house design, q Bastille. Closed to the public. is the starting point of the
epitomized by Garnier’s opulent Promenade Plantée, also
Opéra in the heart of the city Topped by the elegant, gilded known as the Coulée Verte
(see pp218–19). It is a massive, statue of the winged “genius René Dumont, a 4.5-km (2.8-
modern, curved, glass building. of liberty”, this column of mile) elevated walking trail
built on the former tracks of a
disused railway line that ends
up at the Bois de Vincennes.

t St-Paul–St-Louis
99 Rue St-Antoine 75004. Map 14 D4.
Tel 01 42 72 30 32. q St-Paul. Open
8am–8pm daily. Mass: 6pm Sat,
9:30am, 11am, 7pm Sun. Concerts.
A Jesuit church, St-Paul–St-Louis
was an important symbol of
the influence that the Jesuits
held from 1627, when Louis XIII
laid the first stone, to 1762
when they were expelled from
The glass façade of the Opéra National de Paris Bastille France. The Gesù church in

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