{{Short description|Public square in Paris, France}} {{more sources|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox street | name = Place Dalida | image = Place Dalida, Paris 12 September 2006.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | caption = Place Dalida and Rue de l'Abreuvoir {{Location map |France Paris |label = Place Dalida |mark = red dot.svg |lat = 48.886944 |long = 2.341111 |marksize = 5 |position = bottom |width = 250 |float = right |background = |caption = Location of the Place Dalida in Paris }} | arrondissement = 18th | quarter = Grandes-Carrières |length = {{convert|19|m|abbr=on}} |width = {{convert|13|m|abbr=on}} | commissioning_date = {{Start date|1996|12|5}} | inauguration_date = {{Start date|1997|4|24}} }}
The '''Place Dalida''' ({{IPA|fr|plas dalida}}) is a square in Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, named after the Italian-French singer Dalida.<ref name="Out2013">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Time Out))|title=Time Out Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v6FTX-AXpK4C&pg=PT120|date=12 March 2013|publisher=Time Out|isbn=978-1-84670-427-7|page=120}}</ref><ref name="Cahill2012">{{cite book|author=Susan Cahill|title=Hidden Gardens of Paris: A Guide to the Parks, Squares, and Woodlands of the City of Light|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6Ep72bJBEIC&pg=PA217|date=10 April 2012|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4668-0216-2|page=217}}</ref> Many fans and tourists visit the place to pay tribute to the artist.
==History== Dalida loved the neighbourhood of Montmartre, where she lived. To honour her, by decree on December 5, 1996, Paris City Hall created the Place Dalida. A bronze bust of the singer was added on 24 April 1997, to mark the 10th anniversary of her death.
==Description== thumb|150px|The bust of Dalida at the Place Dalida thumb|A group of tourists taking photographs of the bust thumb|The plaque indicating the name of the square The square is on the large corner of two picturesque Montmartre streets, the Rue Girardon and the Rue de l'Abreuvoir. The Rue Girardon spreads from south to the north and it connects with the Rue de l'Abreuvoir. From that point, the Rue de l'Abreuvoir spreads in a west–east direction, a configuration that makes an L-shaped street.
The square is approximately {{cvt|19|x|13|m|yd}} and is completely surrounded by houses.
Three trees surround the bronze bust which is atop five blocks of cut granite. The bust was sculpted by the French artist Aslan. On the highest stone block on the statue, one underneath the bust, there is an engraved plague saying; "YOLANDA GIGLIOTTI, dite DALIDA, chanteuse comédienne, 1933–1987" (English: "YOLANDA GIGLIOTTI, known as DALIDA, singer actress, 1933–1987").
==In popular culture== * Specifically location Dalida 75018 Paris, France makes an appearance in the Activision first-person shooter video game title ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' as the multiplayer map 'Resistance', pitting the French GIGN against the invading Russian Forces. The entire map is completely modeled after this location. * A short scene of the 2013 French movie ''It Boy'' was filmed on the square. * The square was the set for a few scenes of the 2013 movie ''3 Days to Kill''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parisfaitsoncinema.com/les-adresses/paris/la-place-dalida-montmartre-dans-3-days-kill.html|title=La place Dalida - 3 Days to Kill|accessdate= 3 January 2017}}</ref> * The square is featured in the fifth episode of the 2020 Netflix comedy-drama series ''Emily in Paris''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soen |first1=Hayley |title=All the stunning real life Paris filming locations from Emily In Paris on Netflix |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2020/10/07/emily-in-paris-filming-locations-netflix-177621 |website=The Tab |accessdate=27 October 2020 |date=7 October 2020}}</ref> * The bust is visited by London high school French students on a school trip to Paris in the 2022 Netflix series ''Heartstopper''. A young lesbian couple take selfies at it.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Place Dalida (Paris)|Place Dalida}}
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