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
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 19 m × 13 m (21 yd × 14 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.