The Palais Garnier stands on the Place de l'Opera in Paris, designed by the young architect Charles Garnier, who won a competition against dozens of other entrants, and completed in 1875 as the home of the Paris Opera under the urban renewal program of Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann. Its lavish Beaux-Arts facade and interiors, including a grand marble staircase and a mirrored, gilded ceremonial foyer, were intended as much for the display of Parisian high society as for opera and ballet performances themselves. Its auditorium ceiling was repainted in 1964 by the artist Marc Chagall with scenes from well known operas and ballets, installed on a removable panel above the original ceiling so that Garnier's own work was preserved beneath it. The building's substructure includes an underground reservoir of water, which contributed to the legend behind Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera.
Facts
Building Type LocationPlace de l'Opéra, Paris, France 1 Completed Year Completed Year Completed Year Partially Attested
Height (m)32 m is the facade height; the stage flytower apex reaches 56 m. Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Palais Garnier, Wikipedia
Lead section, first sentence
is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Infobox, address
Place de l'Opéra 75009 Paris France
Infobox, opening date
Opened 5 January 1875
Architecture, dimensions
32 metres (105 ft) to the top of the façade.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Palais Garnier stands on the Place de l'Opera in Paris, designed by the young architect Charles Garnier, who won a competition against dozens of other entrants, and completed in 1875 as the home of the Paris Opera under the urban renewal program of Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann. Its lavish Beaux-Arts facade and interiors, including a grand marble staircase and a mirrored, gilded ceremonial foyer, were intended as much for the display of Parisian high society as for opera and ballet performances themselves. Its auditorium ceiling was repainted in 1964 by the artist Marc Chagall with scenes from well known operas and ballets, installed on a removable panel above the original ceiling so that Garnier's own work was preserved beneath it. The building's substructure includes an underground reservoir of water, which contributed to the legend behind Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera.
In Style: Baroque Revival Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Baroque Revival architecture in France
In Style: Second Empire Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Second Empire architecture
In Style: Beaux-Arts Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in France
Uses Element: Masonry, Wikipedia article
The structural system is made of masonry walls; concealed iron floors, vaults, and roofs.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Palais Garnier
- Wikidata Q187840, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q187840, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the SourceFrequently Asked Questions
Why does the ceiling of the Palais Garnier look different from the rest of the building?
In 1964 the artist Marc Chagall painted a new ceiling for the auditorium, installed on a removable frame over the original so it does not replace it.
The auditorium ceiling at the Palais Garnier was originally painted by Jules-Eugene Lenepveu as part of Charles Garnier's design. In 1964 a new ceiling painted by Marc Chagall was installed on a removable frame over the original, so Chagall's brightly colored scenes from well known operas and ballets sit above, rather than replacing, Garnier's nineteenth century decoration.
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