Avenue de l'Opéra

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Avenue de l'Opéra
location
Arrondissement 1.
4.
quarter
Palais-Royal
Beginning Place André Malraux
The End Place de l'Opéra
morphology
length 698 m
width 30 m
history
Emergence 1876
designation 1873
Coding
Paris 8229

The Avenue de l'Opéra is a street in the 1st and 2nd district of Paris. It is one of the most famous streets laid out during the renovation of Paris by Prefect Haussmann .

Location and special features

The avenue de l'Opéra begins at Place André-Malraux in front of the Comédie-Française-Theater and ends at the Opéra Garnier on Place de l'Opéra in the Boulevard des Capucines. In order to allow the best possible view of the main facade of the eponymous Opéra Garnier , an avenue was not planted here.

The street is served by the Opera , Pyramids and Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre metro stations .

History and creation

Initially, it was planned at this point in honor of Napoleon III. to create an avenue de Napoleon from the Musée du Louvre to the rue de la Paix. This plan was laid down in a decree of 1854, but was never carried out because of the continuation of the rue de Rivoli. When the construction of the new Opéra Garnier on the Boulevard de Capucines began in 1860 , a new decree of 1864 provided for the creation of a street 22 meters wide. Construction began at both ends, but progressed slowly and finally came to a complete standstill with the outbreak of hostilities with Prussia , the fall of the Empire and the proclamation of the Republic . The still planned “Avenue de Napoleon” was then renamed first to “Avenue de la Nation” and finally in 1873 to Avenue de l'Opéra.

Image gallery

  • Construction work 1876

  • Postcard around 1900

  • around 1912

  • Color postcard around 1900