Explore Paris
- The islands
- The Champs-Élysées and around
- The Louvre
- The Opéra district
- Beaubourg and around
- The Marais
- Bastille
- The 12e arrondissement
- Quartier Latin
- St-Germain
- The Eiffel Tower quarter
- Southern Paris
- The Beaux Quartiers
- Montmartre and around
- La Villette and around
- The eastern districts
- Around Paris
A symbol of revolution since the toppling of the Bastille prison in the 1789, the Bastille quarter was a largely working-class district up until the construction of the new opera house in the 1980s. Since then, it has attracted artists, fashion folk and young people, who have brought with them stylish shops and an energetic nightlife, concentrated on rue de Lappe and rue de la Roquette.
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