Opera
Also known as: Opera, Grand Opéra, place du Grand Opéra
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- 22 June 1874 (merged entry GRAND_OPERA): leaving Paris, «en passant par la place du Grand Opéra je voyais les toits des maisons et les vitres des étages supérieurs dorés par les rayons du soleil couchant» (020.0380). The new Opéra (Palais Garnier) on that square opened on 5 January 1875 (en.wikipedia «Palais Garnier»).
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