Paris

Arc de Triomphe

  

 

10th century, Notre Dame



 

Basilica of the Sacré Cœur


 
 Louvre


 


 


 The façade of the Palais Garnier opera house

 Opera House and masterpiece


The Palais Garnier is the thirteenth theatre to house the Paris Opera since it was founded by Louis XIV in 1669. It was built on the orders of Napoleon III as part of the great Parisian reconstruction project carried out by Baron Haussmann. The project for an opera house was put out to competition and was won by Charles Garnier, an unknown 35-year-old architect. Building work, which lasted fifteen years, from 1860 to 1875, was interrupted by numerous incidents, including the 1870 war, the fall of the Empire and the Commune. The Palais Garnier was inaugurated on 5 January 1875.


Le Grand Foyer, at the Palais Garnier


The Grand Staircase

 

                             Eiffel Tower

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Opera

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/16/the-eiffel-tower-story/