Place de l'Odéon

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Place de l'Odéon

The Place de l'Odéon
Location	Paris, France
Arrondissement	6th
Quarter	Odéon
Coordinates	48°51′00″N 2°20′19″E / 48.8499°N 2.3387°E / 48.8499; 2.3387

The Place de l'Odéon ("Odeon Square") is a semicircular plaza in the Odéon quarter in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Description

The Place de l'Odéon is in the

From the arc, five streets lead off from the square at regular intervals:

• West: Rue Regnard
• Northwest: Rue Crébillon
• North: Rue de l'Odéon
• Northeast: Rue Casimir-Delavigne
• East: Rue Racine

To the south, on either side of the theatre, two parallel streets run perpendicular to the square: Rue Rotrou to the west and Rue Corneille to the east. The Café Voltaire stood at No. 1, frequented by the likes of Barrès, Bourget, Mallarmé, and Verlainein in the 19th century.^{[citation needed]}

History and notable residents

The plaza was built in 1779, and has concave-fronted buildings.

The Café Voltaire, named after the philosopher and writer Voltaire, was once located in the square. It was frequently visited by Voltaire and his friends.^[4][5]

• The Place de l'Odéon was classified as a historical monument in 1948.[6]
• The nearby
  Odeon Theatre
• Location of Madame Vergne's bookshop (1834)
• Headquarters of the Le Dilettante publishing house

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