District guide · Paris
The 12th arrondissement occupies the right bank of the Seine as Paris's easternmost district and largest by area. The Château de Vincennes, a medieval fortress,...
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The 12th arrondissement occupies the right bank of the Seine as Paris's easternmost district and largest by area. The Château de Vincennes, a medieval fortress, and the Opéra Bastille, a modern concert hall, stand among its notable sites. The district contains extensive green spaces including the Bois de Vincennes and the Parc Floral, along with museums dedicated to immigration history and cinema.
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Opéra Bastille opened on 13 July 1989, timed to the bicentenary of the storming of the Bastille prison, on the footprint of the old Bastille railway station at Place de la Bastille.
