France Guide
Languedoc
Place de la Comédie
At the hub of the city's life, joining the old part to its newer additions, is place de la Comédie, or "L'Oeuf" ("the egg") to the initiated. This colossal, oblong square, paved with cream-coloured marble, has a fountain at its centre and cafés either side. One end is closed by the Opéra, an ornate nineteenth-century theatre; the other opens onto the Esplanade, a beautiful tree-lined promenade that snakes its way to the Corum concert hall, dug into the hillside and topped off in pink granite, with splendid views from the roof.