2 Stop 2 of 9 on The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris

Palais Garnier

Opéra / Champs-Élysées, Paris

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"That enormous frosted cake of a building is the Palais Garnier — the Paris Opera. Gold statues on the roof, marble columns, busts of composers across the front. It's the most expensive-looking building in a city that specializes in expensive-looking buildings. In eighteen sixty, the Emperor announced a competition to design it. A hundred and seventy-one architects entered."

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The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris

The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris

9 stops · 40 min

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Follow the full The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Palais Garnier
  3. 3 Boulevard Haussmann
  4. 4 Galeries Lafayette
  5. 5 Place Vendôme
  6. 6 Rue de Rivoli / Tuileries Garden
  7. 7 Champs-Élysées
  8. 8 Arc de Triomphe
  9. 9 The Reveal

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This is just one of 9 stops on the The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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