File:Jeu de Paume de Béquet (Bel-Air) - View - VJohnson 2008 p101.jpg

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English: View of the former Bel-Air tennis court (jeu de paume)) in the Rue de Vaugirard (approximately at today's no. 15, at the intersection with the Rue de Médicis). Also called the Jeu de Paume de Bécquet, it was the home of the Paris Opera from November 1672 until June 1673. The view is from the city ramparts overlooking the moat (fossé) and the Rue des Fossés Monsieur-le-Prince, now the Rue Monsieur-le-Prince [1].
Français : Ancien Jeu de Paume du Bel-Air, rue de Vaugirard (vers l'actuel no 13 bis, à l'angle de l'ancienne rue des Fossées-de-Nesles, actuellement rue de Médicis) qui abrita l'Académie nationale de Musique (Opéra de Paris) de Novembre 1672 à Juin 1673.
Date no date [ca. 1700]
Source User scan of Johnson, Victoria (2008). Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime, p. 101. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226401959. (Credit: Roger-Viollet)
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Object location48° 50′ 56.06″ N, 2° 20′ 21.25″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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