![]() ![]() You’ll at least feel like 18 th century royalty when you visit here. However, the level of opulence at Opera Garnier is so dizzying that many consider it to be even more lavish than Versailles. So, you won’t actually be walking in Louis’s footsteps when you attend a performance or a daytime tour of the opera house (hence our use of the term “may have lived” above). And yes, Louis XVI was made a foot shorter on top in 1793, nearly 100 years earlier. Most non-Parisians, however, probably are most familiar with the palace as the setting for the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and the 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name.īut let’s circle back to its construction: You’ll notice the timeline of the building’s erection is in the late 19 th century, 1861 to 1875, to be exact. The facility also is home to the Bibliotheque-Musee de l’Opera de Paris, which is a part of the French national library. The facility today still is part-time home to the Paris Opera (the recently built Opera Bastille facility took over most of the opera performances) and is now also the home base for the Paris Opera Ballet. Typically called just the Opera Garnier, this gorgeous Beaux-Arts and Neo-Baroque palace was built on the border of the 2 nd and 9 th arrondissements in the late 19 th century to host the renowned Paris Opera. ![]() ![]() But if you’re hoping to save some time and yet also experience over-the-top opulence and more gold leaf than Donald Trump’s infamous golden bathroom, head to Paris’s Palais Garnier. If you want a glimpse of how Louis XVI may have lived, it’s not necessary to trek all the way to Versailles, the massive royal palace on the outskirts of Paris, a trip to which will take up an entire day of your visit to the City of Light.ĭon’t get us wrong: Versailles is definitely a “bucket list” day trip for many. ![]()
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