Place de la Comédie

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The Place de la Comédie, looking east
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The Opéra Comédie and the Three Graces fountain on the Place de la Comédie.

The Place de la Comédie (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is square in Montpellier, Hérault in Southern France. It is at the southeast point of the city centre, at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., where the fortifications of the city were formerly located.

History

The Place became the focal point of the city when, in the mid-19th century the railway station Gare de Montpellier Saint-Roch was built some Script error: No such module "convert". south of it. At that time, a smaller train going to the nearby beach at Palavas-les-Flots also had its point of origin on the Place.

Location

At its northeastern corner, the square continues into the Esplanade de Charles de Gaulle, a small park connecting the Place to the Corum, a large concrete and granite complex built by Claude Vasconi. At its southeastern corner it is linked to the Lycée Joffre, formerly the Citadel of Montpellier.

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