Ceiling, note the beautiful paintings, representing among other things Apollo (god of music), or Orpheus charming the animals to the sound of the lyre. The flower blooms … They consist of twenty different marbles originated from several countries. Built like a flower that slowly comes out, you first discover the magnificent rotunda, where customers were waiting, then the old fountain and statue of the Pythian, priestess in Ancient Greece.Ĭontinue your tour by taking the stairs of the Opera, one of the jewels of the monument.

The free visit of the Opera Garnier (outside show times, see useful informations) not begins by the main entrance but by the left front of the palace, formerly reserved for subscribers (political and culture elite of the time). In other words, a monument to visit without any hesitation ! Built (1860 to 1875) during the huge transformation works of the capital led by Haussmann, but ordered by the Emperor Napoleon III, it is a majestic symbol of the Paris of the 20th century.

The Opera Garnier is probably the monument the most representative, and emblematic, of Parisian architecture from the late 19th century.

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