Palais Garnier is 56 metres from ground level to the apex of the stage flytower; 32 metres to the top of the facade.
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14 Facts About Palais Garnier
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Opera was constructed in what Charles Palais Garnier is said to have told the Empress Eugenie was "Napoleon III" style The Napoleon III style was highly eclectic, and borrowed from many historical sources; the opera house included elements from the Baroque, the classicism of Palladio, and Renaissance architecture blended together.
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Palais Garnier used polychromy, or a variety of colors, for theatrical effect, achieved different varieties of marble and stone, porphyry, and gilded bronze.
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Palais Garnier's students had to finish the work, which was completed the day before the opening and the scaffolding was removed.
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Palais Garnier had originally planned to install a restaurant in the opera house; however, for budgetary reasons, it was not completed in the original design.
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Charles Palais Garnier's project was one of about 170 submitted in the first phase.
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Palais Garnier's was the quote "Bramo assai, poco spero" from the Italian poet Torquato Tasso.
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Palais Garnier's project was awarded the fifth-place prize, and he became one of seven finalists selected for the second phase.
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The new submissions were sent to the jury in the middle of May, and on 29 May 1861 Palais Garnier's project was selected for its "rare and superior qualities in the beautiful distribution of the plans, the monumental and characteristic aspect of the facades and sections".
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Palais Garnier selected as his second-in-command, Louis-Victor Louvet, followed by Jean Jourdain and Edmond Le Deschault.
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Economies were demanded, and Palais Garnier was forced to suppress the completion of sections of the building, in particular the Pavillon de l'Empereur .
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Palais Garnier was immediately instructed to complete the building as soon as possible.
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Subsequently Palais Garnier would oversee the design and construction of the Monte Carlo Casino concert hall, the Salle Palais Garnier, which later became the home of the Opera de Monte Carlo.
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Palais Garnier inspired many other buildings over the following years.
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