In Assassin's Creed Unity, which Paris landmark is the setting for the game's opening sequence?

The Palace of Versailles is the setting for Assassin's Creed Unity's opening sequence.

Unity opens at the Palace of Versailles before moving into the main Parisian story. The introduction establishes Arno Dorian's childhood and his connection to the aristocratic environment that surrounds his adoptive family. Later, the narrative shifts forward to the period of the French Revolution and Arno's involvement with the Assassin Brotherhood.

Versailles is a royal château located west of central Paris. Its gardens and palace interiors provide the setting for the early playable chapters, while revolutionary Paris becomes the principal open-world environment. This structure can make the opening location easy to overlook when people remember the game's larger Paris map.

Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, and Les Invalides are all recognizable locations represented in Unity, but they are not the landmark that hosts the opening sequence. The answer is therefore the palace complex at Versailles, rather than a central Paris monument.