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Monuments
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ARC DE TRIOMPHE
Monument built in honour of the French Army and inaugurated... |
CONCIERGERIE
This important vestige of the Capetian Palace is a... |
HOTEL DE VILLE
Seat of the Paris City Council. The first municipality was... |
MUSEE DU LOUVRE
The Louvre Museum presents collections of western art from... |
PANTHEON
Masterpiece by Soufflot (1713-1780) and former church, the... |
SAINTE CHAPELLE
Jewel of gothic architecture, the Sainte Chapelle was built... |
TOUR EIFFEL
The most famous monument in the world (324 metres, 10 100... |
PONT NEUF
The Pont-Neuf is the oldest of Paris bridges and the first... |
MUSEE D'ORSAY
The Orsay Railway Station, built by architect Victor Laloux,... |
Champs-Élysées
The glamour of the Champs-Élysées, particularly its upper... |
La Defense
"La Defense", whose lines can be followed to the Arc de... |
Notre-Dame
The cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic art, has witnessed... |
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Opéra De La Bastille
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Description
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The Bastille Opera, built by Carlos Ott and inaugurated in 1989, presents a mirror-glass architecture. The same materials were used inside and outside. Aside the visit of the public areas, you can also discover the main room and the backstage.
The result of a gigantic international competition, this building is one of the more maligned of the Grands Projets (Mitterrand’s 15 billion franc program to provide a series of modern monuments to symbolize France’s central role in art, politics, and world economy at the end of the twentieth century).
Though not nearly as controversial as Pei’s pyramid at the Louvre, or as flashy as La Défense, after the dust settled, it was the design’s deliberate anonymity that leaves this building wanting. A bulky and unadventurous composition of gridded glass and stone reminiscent of so many 1980s office buidings, the only controversy was the choice of the design in the first place; it was by no means a unanimous choice out of a field of 700 entries. Its auditorium is very large (2,700 seats) and has been hailed as the hall to bring opera to the masses.
Website: http://www.opera-de-paris.fr
Place de la Bastille 75012 PARIS
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