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The Palace Garnier, still known to many as the “Paris Opera”, was the world’s largest theatre and opera house when it opened on January 5, 1875. The opulent Opera de Paris Garnier was designed by Charles Garnier for Emperor Napoleon III. The Opera de Paris is one of the great historical opera houses of Europe. It has a strong orchestral tradition and currently enjoys the use of two major opera houses, each a superior example of theater architecture of its own century. The cavernous building was one of 171 proposals submitted in an architectural competition in 1861. The Palace Garnier took 14 years to build, with its completion being delayed by money troubles, the Franco-Prussian War (when the building was used as a warehouse), and a fire that gutted the interior and killed a fireman in 1873.

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