Location: Place de l'Opéra, 75009 Paris, Paris.
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875. A masterpiece of Second Empire architecture and home to the Paris Opera Ballet, it inspired Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera.
Period recorded for this site: 19th century.
Theme: Architecture.
Coordinates: 48.87200, 2.33158.
This plaque is a stop on these walks: Haute Couture & Ballet, Haute Couture Essentials.
On Haute Couture & Ballet: Visit the legendary Opéra Garnier (Palais Garnier), the temple of ballet and home to the Paris Opera Ballet.
On Haute Couture Essentials: Visit the legendary Opéra Garnier (Palais Garnier), the temple of ballet and home to the Paris Opera Ballet.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!, 1966) (1 m); Sacha Guitry (63 m); Michel Lévy (103 m); Jacques Offenbach (151 m); Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris - Décret de 1811 (203 m).