ThePalais Garnier Opera House

The Palais Garnier Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in Paris. A visit to the Opera Garnier is one of the best things to do in Paris, so you cannot miss it!. It is located in Paris 9, not far from the Grands Boulevards or Place Vendôme. The glamorous Palais Garnier or Opera Of Garnier was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III as part of his project of reconstruction of Paris.

The competition winner was Charles Garnier, a young and unknown architect who presented a highly eclectic project borrowing elements from many historical sources.

The Palais Garnier was completed in 1874 and today is considered a masterpiece of Neo-Baroque Architecture and one of the most beautiful places to visit in Paris. After a short introduction, with the Palais Garnier history, how to visit, and what to see, we will tell you the most curious Opera Garnier facts.

This opinion is far from unanimous however: the 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier once described it as “a lying art” and contended that the “Garnier movement is a décor. The Palais Garnier also houses, The Bibliothèque-Musée de l’Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum), which is managed by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and is included in unaccompanied tours of the Palais Garnier.

The theatre was built in 1910 by a famous architect named Nikolai Bayev and, as with other examples of Azerbaijani architecture from the beginning of the 20th century, it blends elements of baroque, rococo and Moorish styles.

This building is closely connected with the development of Azerbaijani opera, which began in 1908 with the first opera in the Muslim East – Leyli and Majnun composed by one of the finest composers of the 20th century and the founder of Azerbaijani classical music Uzeyir Hajibeyli.