Become large theater building today in Montpellier National Opera at the Place de la Comédie. Dynamic Occitan. In the eighteenth century, the medieval city walls were replaced by avenues and squares. The nerve center of Montpellier is in the Place de la Comédie, the source of the Three Graces and the building of the Paris Opéra-Comedie. To get to the most modern Antigone district, must cross the Poligone, the shopping area. At the end of the Middle Ages, Montpellier was enclosed by fortifications and began to choke. Nobody cared but-almost like a command-growing pines from a tower, called La Tour des Pins. At that time, Dr. Nostradamus, received at the University of that city, healing with medicinal plants, aided by astrology. In one of his many predictions, have said that Montpellier disappear when the pines of the tower, and old, are falling. However, after the doctor died, and the pines, whose roots ruining the building were replaced by cypress trees. That's why, despite Nostradamus, Montpellier-flourishing capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, still stands in the south of France, three hours twenty of Paris in TGV. Cars are prohibited in the Ecusson, the medieval city center, one of the largest pedestrian areas in Europe. In the labyrinthine streets, urban ear is adapted to silence. And the promiscuity of these spaces medieval to contemporary habits, increasing embarrassment. A soprano rehearsing an opera by Verdi, the sound of a battery out of a basement protected fund someone sleeps with Chopin. Over time, the architectural transformations Ecusson lived medieval fabric incorporated without violence. An antique recycled, with buildings that seem to fall apart: Part of the charm. The entrance doors, one meter in height, are always open. The spiral stairs are narrow and are not illuminated. Rents here are the most expensive.