Palais Garnier  

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"Stylistically, the Grand foyer of the Palais Garnier, by Charles Garnier aimed for a Baroque opulence through lavishly decorated monumental structures that evoked Louis XIV's Versailles. However, it wasn't just a revival of the Baroque, being more of a synthesis of Classicist styles, like Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism etc. Thus, it is an example of eclecticism.--Sholem Stein

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The Palais Garnier is a 2,200 seat opera house in Paris, France. A grand landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style, it is regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of its time and provides the setting for The Phantom of the Opera, a 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux, adapted many times for stage and film.

It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III.

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  • May 20 1896 - The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.


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