Bars and restaurants in the Place de la Comedie. Is the nerve center of the city. Called "The Egg" because of its oval shape. It is a symbol of the dynamism that characterizes Montpellier today. In the square we find the Opera House, built in the nineteenth century model from the Opera Garnier in Paris, and the statue of the Three Graces. The Place de la Comedie has many café terraces and restaurants that make it a living space where they converge to students throughout the day and lugareños.La city has two operas: The House of Comedy, built in the mid eighteenth century , responding to the urgent need for the city to have a theater and opera house of Berlioz, built a century later.