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Place des Vosges : The square Louis XIII was planted in the midst of the elegant Place des Vosges. It is planted with linden trees and lawns which are criss-crossed by symetrical paths. The Ginard fountain, whose waters were drawn from the Canal de l'Ourq, was inaugurated in 1811, and was replaced in 1835, when the four Ménager fountains were installed.The arcades around house expensive antique shops, chic restaurants and the Maison de Victor Hugo. Bastille and the opéra : Apart from a few chunks of the foundations inside the métro station, nothing remains of the infamous Bastille prison, which was stormed by the revolutionary masses in 1789.But the Place de la Bastille is still the scene of a lively street bal every Bastille day (on July 14th). The column in the centre commemorates the parisians killed during the riots of 1830 and 1848, and is crowned by the gilded génie de la Bastille.On the south side of the square, Carlo Ott built his granite and glass Opéra-Bastille in 1989, to celebrate the 1789 French Revolution. The main theatre has a capacity of 2,700 seats.