Editing Montpellier (section)

==Sights==
[[File:PlaceDeLaComedie.jpg|right|thumb|[[Place de la Comédie]]]]
[[File:Gate Montpellier.jpg|thumb|[[Porte du Peyrou]]]]
[[File:Aqueduc du Peyrou, Montpellier.jpg|thumb|Saint Clément Aqueduct]]
[[File:Montpellier Cathedrale.jpg|thumb|[[Montpellier Cathedral|Saint Pierre Cathedral]]]]
[[File:Fabre Museum.jpg|thumb|Fabre Museum in Montpellier]]

* The main focus point of the city is the [[Place de la Comédie]], with the Opéra Comédie built in 1888.
* The [[Musée Fabre]].
* In the historic centre, a significant number of ''[[Hotels of Montpellier|hôtels particuliers]]'' (i.e. mansions) can be found. The majority of the buildings of the historic centre of Montpellier (called the Écusson because its shape is roughly that of an [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]]) have medieval roots and were modified between the 16th and the 18th centuries. Some buildings, along Rue Foch and the Place de la Comédie, were built in the 19th century.
* The Rue du Bras de Fer (Iron Arm Street) is very typical of the medieval Montpellier.
* The mikve, ritual Jewish bath, dates back to the 12th century and is one of very few old [[Mikveh|mikves]] preserved in Europe.
* The [[Jardin des plantes de Montpellier]]—oldest [[botanical garden]] in France, founded in 1593.
* The [[La Serre Amazonienne]], a tropical rain forest greenhouse
* The 14th-century [[Montpellier Cathedral|Saint Pierre Cathedral]]
* The [[Porte du Peyrou]], a [[triumphal arch]] built at the end of the 17th century, and the Place Royal du Peyrou built in the 17th century, are the highest point of the Ecusson.
* The Tour des Pins, the only remaining of 25 towers of the city medieval walls, built around 1200.
* The Tour de la Babotte, a medieval tower which was modified in the 18th century to house an observatory.
* The [[Saint Clément Aqueduct]], built in the 18th century.
* The [[Antigone District]] was designed by the postmodern architect [[Ricardo Bofill]] from [[Catalonia]], Spain
* A [[Montpellier follies|number of ''châteaux'']] (such as [[Château de Flaugergues]], [[Château de la Mogère]] or [[Château d'O]]), so-called [[folly|follies]], built during the 18th century by wealthy merchants surround the city
* Montpellier City Council is based at the [[Hôtel de Ville, Montpellier|Hôtel de Ville]], completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ducks.fr/en/projet/hotel-de-ville-de-montpellier-2/|title=Hotel de Ville de Montpellier|publisher=Ducks|access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>
* Nearly 80 private mansions were built in the city center from the 17th to 19th century, and some of their interior courtyards are open