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The station platforms were established under Rue Auber for line 3; under Avenue de l'Opéra for line 7; and under Boulevard des Capucines for line 8. The platform lie partially under the Place de l'Opéra. The three lines cross on the levels at the same point, using a common underground structure located under the square.
The Place de l'Opéra (French pronunciation: [plas də lɔpeʁa]) is a square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of the Boulevard des Italiens, Boulevard des Capucines, Avenue de l'Opéra, Rue Auber , Rue Halévy , Rue de la Paix and Rue du Quatre-Septembre .
It now houses the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum) which is home to nearly 600,000 documents including 100,000 books, 1,680 periodicals, 10,000 programs, letters, 100,000 photographs, sketches of costumes and sets, posters and historical administrative records.
It hosts two historic churches, noted for their classical architecture, art and decoration: Saint-Louis-d'Antin (18th c.) and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (19th c.). The arrondissement also contains a number of theatres and music venues including the Olympia , Folies Bergère , Théâtre Mogador , Théâtre Édouard VII and Théâtre de Paris . [ 2 ]
The Église de la Sainte-Trinité (French pronunciation: [eɡliz də la sɛ̃t tʁinite]) is a Roman Catholic church located on the place d'Estienne d'Orves, at 3 rue de la Trinité, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1861 and 1867 during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, in the residential neighborhood of the Chaussée d ...
The Avenue de l'Opéra (French pronunciation: [avny də lɔpeʁa]) was created from 1864 to 1879 as part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris. It is situated in the center of the city, running northwest from the Louvre to the Palais Garnier , the primary opera house of Paris (until the opening of the Opéra Bastille in 1989).
The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris [ɔpeʁa də paʁi] ⓘ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra, and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the Académie Royale de Musique, but continued to be known more simply as the Opéra.
This continuity, putting together several connections from the Saint-Augustin station to the Opera station, is the longest of the Paris metro. [8] Since 2011, the mosaic La Voix lactée by Quebec artist Geneviève Cadieux has been installed in the connecting corridor connecting line 14 to line 9 (Saint-Augustin station). [9]