Paris rouge - une terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkJtkD0z3BLoEyPsFXzLkw9vJI2rUllHn8t1Wp96cH9pjdbqVoTxCrvnJryR0_2tzJexisFrb0NTVamQLKYUkY5V0TPjEfLO3eVe_9AsSfCj8-4Z-XGCESi9WoxmM7mBDcb_AlJ8D5R8/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkJtkD0z3BLoEyPsFXzLkw9vJI2rUllHn8t1Wp96cH9pjdbqVoTxCrvnJryR0_2tzJexisFrb0NTVamQLKYUkY5V0TPjEfLO3eVe_9AsSfCj8-4Z-XGCESi9WoxmM7mBDcb_AlJ8D5R8/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0316.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Café terrace </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With a view of Palais Garnier and the people passing by, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a seat here on the café terrace is just about perfect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'Entracte Café</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue Auber</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Paris rouge - une terrasse

Café terrace  With a view of Palais Garnier and the people passing by,  a seat here on the café terrace is just about perfect. l'Entract...

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Palais Garnier - des illuminations

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb0rz5LPCNLWkcGy7Jqtl3R59YFWqKVjz9ieCXyPB08Bvs8bK6bUbBc-i5M_gW1pzvOFi8xlSErXLijqRLHmvLKsMsW_u0G6NOaSbH_wTyCihW0GqMsJwvOLFtbLodJAEEokXLufV1VE/s1600/2010+Dec+1206+DSC_0048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="725" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb0rz5LPCNLWkcGy7Jqtl3R59YFWqKVjz9ieCXyPB08Bvs8bK6bUbBc-i5M_gW1pzvOFi8xlSErXLijqRLHmvLKsMsW_u0G6NOaSbH_wTyCihW0GqMsJwvOLFtbLodJAEEokXLufV1VE/s1600/2010+Dec+1206+DSC_0048.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Garnier</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">illumination</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the grand staircases to the illustrious sconces and lights, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Garnier is the place of dreams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do not forget to dream...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de l'Opéra</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Palais Garnier - des illuminations

Palais Garnier illumination From the grand staircases to the illustrious sconces and lights,  Palais Garnier is the place of dreams. Do not ...

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Palais Garnier - colonne rostrale

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWifD-aqa_DQZufgOA1dKv2MPcle32BeysSXs612dcMEWmUAXoes52K83UAO6F-nKzGhrwBHP0MGLC5qD6ODbLJc6p6Ghr_6f_V38UrMArT_0tZsKBRXjfocshgcPj5Or_F3WNFgt1p-I/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_11DSC_8605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWifD-aqa_DQZufgOA1dKv2MPcle32BeysSXs612dcMEWmUAXoes52K83UAO6F-nKzGhrwBHP0MGLC5qD6ODbLJc6p6Ghr_6f_V38UrMArT_0tZsKBRXjfocshgcPj5Or_F3WNFgt1p-I/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_11DSC_8605.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The rostral columns of Palais Garnier<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The entrance to <i>Pavillon du Chef de l'Etat<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1430000702"></a></i> (House of the Head of State),<br />which was turned into the Musée de Opéra on the western facade<br />of Opéra National de Paris Garnier,<br />is framed by two granite columns by Henri Alfred Jacquemart,<br />adorned with lamps and the masts of ships. <br />The bows of the four ships appear to have eyes.<br /><br /><br />Although other portions of this exquisite heritage site<br />have been restored since it was built in 1875,<br />the <i>ceinture de lumière</i> (belt of light) encircling the building has not. <br />Earlier this year an appeal was made to the public<br />to adopt one of the 22 lampadaires, 2 candélabres, 22 cariatides, and 14 columns. <br />The details of the rostral columns and the <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2013/08/street-lamps-palais-garnier.html" target="_blank">musical instrument-themed street lamps</a><br />on the opposite side of the opera house are stunning.<br /><br /><br />This is my entry for City Daily Photo Blogs Theme Day<br />-DETAILS-<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see the entries of other<br />City Daily Photo Blogs around the world.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div></div>

Palais Garnier - colonne rostrale

The rostral columns of Palais Garnier The entrance to Pavillon du Chef de l'Etat (House of the Head of State), which was turned into th...

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Palais Garnier - Illumination

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9363427408/" title="2012 Paris Mar 31_5348DSC_5375 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Paris Mar 31_5348DSC_5375" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/9363427408_0f1319f862_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Palais Garnier</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Grand Staircase </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Would you like to turn back the clock 100 years </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to attend an elegant ball, just for the evening?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yeah, me too</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Grand Staircase</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></i></span></div>

Palais Garnier - Illumination

Palais Garnier The Grand Staircase Would you like to turn back the clock 100 years  to attend an elegant ball, just for the evening? Yeah, m...

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Palais Garnier - XIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAdMkIsndcy0m8blqzFUWXYNrNWvbO5m0yU7B-9lX6hekV0FNNDlKZBIHrAEaTCcEX1RCBwy4BY7TuvO1mlN0ltgDZV2Lad0Mi68M9FoCVFZS3YRSctI_jiYA0q-Qw7RjM1Yx33y6lkI/s1600/2010+dec+7+DSC_0022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAdMkIsndcy0m8blqzFUWXYNrNWvbO5m0yU7B-9lX6hekV0FNNDlKZBIHrAEaTCcEX1RCBwy4BY7TuvO1mlN0ltgDZV2Lad0Mi68M9FoCVFZS3YRSctI_jiYA0q-Qw7RjM1Yx33y6lkI/s640/2010+dec+7+DSC_0022.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Palais Garnier</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On every visit to this Beaux-Arts opera house one can make new discoveries.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just look at the art and detail applied to the lamps surrounding this building.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that the Phantom would be pleased </div><div style="text-align: center;">to see the repeating patterns of music symbols. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Garnier</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div>

Palais Garnier - XIII

Palais Garnier On every visit to this Beaux-Arts opera house one can make new discoveries.   Just look at the art and detail applied to the ...

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Palais Garnier - Repetto

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwwcbcgLoc9Y5KQRRuF51JjqE_Odot4FSYY7gpPMSkpgYjwyzFB1hYetEo2rspDjVyb1r4js2Y4ZJwTu8jj5D7U_bd6CaOakbYzo86Ml-0ZnO6iusQnOLTulSjJl6dRcN_nULuAfqojg/s1600/2012+Paris+Mar+31_5366DSC_5397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwwcbcgLoc9Y5KQRRuF51JjqE_Odot4FSYY7gpPMSkpgYjwyzFB1hYetEo2rspDjVyb1r4js2Y4ZJwTu8jj5D7U_bd6CaOakbYzo86Ml-0ZnO6iusQnOLTulSjJl6dRcN_nULuAfqojg/s640/2012+Paris+Mar+31_5366DSC_5397.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What little girl would not want the </div><div style="text-align: center;">beautiful tuille attire of a French ballerina?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gift shop at Palais Garnier is one of my favorite stops, </div><div style="text-align: center;">for taking photos, for people-watching, and for dreaming of sugar-plums.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Garnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Scribe</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place de l'Opéra</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Palais Garnier - Repetto

What little girl would not want the  beautiful tuille attire of a French ballerina? The gift shop at Palais Garnier is one of my favorite st...

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Palais Garnier - La Salle de Spectacle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-EQkFzkAmZQ04K_ITXzGsfyBfwCQf06oWOuimk4MyERTvYXRwJrCOh0TBRUUl_qtUhFj8kuBTaB8ie7DrqrmjGM5T2rwBg2aVWN127HSqFYUNLOjjG9gQxjScRcYAjTsLyVX8ZLZ_Tg/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_048DSC_5284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-EQkFzkAmZQ04K_ITXzGsfyBfwCQf06oWOuimk4MyERTvYXRwJrCOh0TBRUUl_qtUhFj8kuBTaB8ie7DrqrmjGM5T2rwBg2aVWN127HSqFYUNLOjjG9gQxjScRcYAjTsLyVX8ZLZ_Tg/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_048DSC_5284.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Palais Garnier</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">La Salle de Spectacle</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Walking in through a hallway door into the richly adorned theatre </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">one is amazed at the opulence.   </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Palais Garnier</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Place de l'Opéra</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75009, Paris</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Métro Opera</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i></i></span></div>

Palais Garnier - La Salle de Spectacle

Palais Garnier La Salle de Spectacle Walking in through a hallway door into the richly adorned theatre one is amazed at the opulence.    Pal...

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Palais Garnier - VI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K8OIRNlr563RzIhWpP44KF7mSJwVfIiN1nLduoVdiEePnNeyqHqHqP_Knk7BgB9IEjC5pRXUSxVXFJkZBVHfmddPuZT8-Kgq-9EGwBDUuEjjVffNNCQvzAI3RhROh6VyIOBl4MCzMWs/s1600/2012+Mar+31+Paris_074DSC_5310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K8OIRNlr563RzIhWpP44KF7mSJwVfIiN1nLduoVdiEePnNeyqHqHqP_Knk7BgB9IEjC5pRXUSxVXFJkZBVHfmddPuZT8-Kgq-9EGwBDUuEjjVffNNCQvzAI3RhROh6VyIOBl4MCzMWs/s640/2012+Mar+31+Paris_074DSC_5310.jpg" width="436" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Palais Garnier is a monumental display of architecture and intricate details.  Built between 1860 and 1875 by Charles Garnier, an unknown 35-year-old architect, it was part of the great Parisian reconstruction project of Baron Haussmann.  The abundance of gilt and carvings are over the top, but the wealth of photo opportunities makes my heart sing.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Have you seen </em></span><a href="http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19253309&cfilm=182745.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>L'Intouchable</em></strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> with Omar Sy and François Cluzet?  </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I saw it last week and loved the scene at Palais Garnier.) </em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Garnier</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Opéra</em></span><br />

Palais Garnier - VI

Palais Garnier is a monumental display of architecture and intricate details.  Built between 1860 and 1875 by Charles Garnier, an unknown 35...

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Palais Garnier - The Grand Foyer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vHev0B5uCaQX_Kg5mdlfBNb0Anr2phW-EO4ShDUF4Bm6oBYQIcRwKtj46m6WE7cSuLSN0ut8VmKpndCLChEqh5MSh3IPf0YzBKsQguI25CWWsw6QImQcNo6-sSdyfLyklVUFLadFeg0/s1600/2010+dec+day+7+0079+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vHev0B5uCaQX_Kg5mdlfBNb0Anr2phW-EO4ShDUF4Bm6oBYQIcRwKtj46m6WE7cSuLSN0ut8VmKpndCLChEqh5MSh3IPf0YzBKsQguI25CWWsw6QImQcNo6-sSdyfLyklVUFLadFeg0/s640/2010+dec+day+7+0079+b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The opulence of Palais Garnier defies description.  This tourist shot does at least give one an idea of the scale and size of this Beaux-Arts opera house.  I will be returning here next week to feel the music in every crevice, to imagine the famous dancers who have graced her stage, to appreciate the barely-known architect who created her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To me it is like so much of Paris.  One cannot truly grasp the whole with a single visit, and I want to see it again with the fresh eyes of my husband who will be making his first trip to Paris.  We will be there next week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Virginia (Paris Through my Lens), a dear friend and fellow traveler to Paris, sent me a link to this marvelous </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-h5Yhalvo&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">25 minute documentary</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> on the story and building of Palais Garnier.  I think that you will not be able to stop once you start.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon weekend</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Garnier</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">(For more Weekend Reflections, click <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2012/03/torre-del-mangia-weekend-reflections.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> for James' wonderful collection of participants)</span></em></div>

Palais Garnier - The Grand Foyer

The opulence of Palais Garnier defies description.  This tourist shot does at least give one an idea of the scale and size of this Beaux-Art...

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La photographe -- Holly à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCcPnY06dOwK2wivMynqTOFXAvBo4tZwpuMSPT2O0Grjs32rkoARrP32B2awbLrkw5tv7_w18zEaKQ_7odCuGv2z_mW_nCv20kFyJKvczZvpiq3Z5pMiWro6Qayxr1rKmbKHVIKsDRU0/s1600/2010+dec+Holly+IMG_3351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCcPnY06dOwK2wivMynqTOFXAvBo4tZwpuMSPT2O0Grjs32rkoARrP32B2awbLrkw5tv7_w18zEaKQ_7odCuGv2z_mW_nCv20kFyJKvczZvpiq3Z5pMiWro6Qayxr1rKmbKHVIKsDRU0/s640/2010+dec+Holly+IMG_3351.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When in Paris, you have to go to extremes to get just the right shot...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I do not think that wearing red will help with the "stealth" shots.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Opéra Garnier</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de l'Opéra</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Paris</em></span></div>

La photographe -- Holly à Paris

When in Paris, you have to go to extremes to get just the right shot... I do not think that wearing red will help with the "stealth...

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A Pilgrimage to Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4BcAAIdSLTidZ4MGi2CnpkwvBD_LoKeXgmGNZVy9714vCRKurKX3yortQQ0mlZrZnBzCbqaOU-nAL1k80cmSqBs26Z7gUDtnbKgvqxyiPPVgp4guFObngR8XSEn83pFZxh354G5Fvt0/s1600/2011+nov+7+DSC_0301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4BcAAIdSLTidZ4MGi2CnpkwvBD_LoKeXgmGNZVy9714vCRKurKX3yortQQ0mlZrZnBzCbqaOU-nAL1k80cmSqBs26Z7gUDtnbKgvqxyiPPVgp4guFObngR8XSEn83pFZxh354G5Fvt0/s640/2011+nov+7+DSC_0301.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For years I have wanted to see this amazing tribute to Rudolph Nureyev, a fringed kilim rug meticulously crafted in bronze and glass mosaics by Ezio Frigerio.  The loose drapes of rug over the "traveling trunk" is a bright gem in the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, an homage to Nureyev's Bashkir heritage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His funeral, the civil ceremony, was at Opéra Garnier in the rococo foyer after an elegant procession up the grand staircase.  The devotees of Nureyev payed their respects as an orchestra played Tchaikovsky and Bach.  The splendor of Garnier was left behind and he was buried in the Russian cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One week ago, Peter (<a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/2011/11/russian-cemetery-nureyev.html">Peter's Paris</a>) and I made the journey by train, by bus, and on foot to the remote town.  As a town it is oblivious to the cemetery and does not encourage the tourists with signs of direction.  For two hours we saw only the custodians of the cemetery as we walked among the graves, a quiet time in this spectacular resting place of the great dancer and choreographer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To read more about Rudolph Nureyev, the biography <u>Nureyev, the Life (2007)</u> by Julie Kavanagh is spellbinding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHGp3nOYsTEhpUCHgy8JD-rdk1fEW2BfaUIMsZPYMqfk-c_-VRpNt5tTfv5-sBSIKG18hPmA9PRJcdZl_5-T5rforP8sj3kTlaMTzWwcDI51PsbCohHoYB2X9AUiKbqzfvLHrJXuxURw/s1600/2011+nov+7+DSC_0303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHGp3nOYsTEhpUCHgy8JD-rdk1fEW2BfaUIMsZPYMqfk-c_-VRpNt5tTfv5-sBSIKG18hPmA9PRJcdZl_5-T5rforP8sj3kTlaMTzWwcDI51PsbCohHoYB2X9AUiKbqzfvLHrJXuxURw/s320/2011+nov+7+DSC_0303.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><em>Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993)</em><br /><em>Russian Orthodox Cemetery</em><br /><em>Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois</em>

A Pilgrimage to Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

For years I have wanted to see this amazing tribute to Rudolph Nureyev, a fringed kilim rug meticulously crafted in bronze and glass mosaics...

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Palais Garnier

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnI0oM7VBRoaRcucsjW8D7H_QX_ZPk0hf1rzQI9eZkcSUPxWOCdt12k6JBV73uEvGXnwWLPB1YEGHxcqOFkuUg3cQlHY5TlC5WqWzARkldDheWh-TmAZP8FXWtCLEnh8rX_Hf-Tnipkc/s1600/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3407.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579688367928424002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnI0oM7VBRoaRcucsjW8D7H_QX_ZPk0hf1rzQI9eZkcSUPxWOCdt12k6JBV73uEvGXnwWLPB1YEGHxcqOFkuUg3cQlHY5TlC5WqWzARkldDheWh-TmAZP8FXWtCLEnh8rX_Hf-Tnipkc/s640/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3407.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div>At Palais Garnier, home of Opéra de Paris, the Grand Staircase will take your breath away with its opulence. Two larger-than-life gilt statues dominate the entrance to the ampitheatre.<br /><br />Inaugurated in 1875, the architect of this magnificent building, Charles Garnier, was a previously unknown 35 year-old. I will bring you here again...

Palais Garnier

At Palais Garnier, home of Opéra de Paris, the Grand Staircase will take your breath away with its opulence. Two larger-than-life gilt stat...

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Beaux-Arts - Palais Garnier

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW-j2TlvhHRAkdglMg5ZMeLHtplqfDOGJX_Oy1kQ_fVADjyyqYxVBkE7VU91a8mFxfHdVge5TYW5k0zLu3f73Bq8whMjkQpqGrsSVF3a8gsVpE86JzLj0Y8GYu1Nn48MmtXWE17L-LyA/s1600/2010+dec+paris+7+DSC_0022+b-w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565966000510143762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW-j2TlvhHRAkdglMg5ZMeLHtplqfDOGJX_Oy1kQ_fVADjyyqYxVBkE7VU91a8mFxfHdVge5TYW5k0zLu3f73Bq8whMjkQpqGrsSVF3a8gsVpE86JzLj0Y8GYu1Nn48MmtXWE17L-LyA/s640/2010+dec+paris+7+DSC_0022+b-w.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is one of my favorite buildings in Paris, the opulent home to </span><a href="http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/L_Opera/Palais_Garnier/PalaisGarnier.php?lang=en"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Opéra national de Paris</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. A renovation started in 2000 is nearly complete on this exquisite building which was a part of the great Parisian reconstruction overseen by Baron Haussmann between 1862 and 1873. The difficulties during construction with underground springs and lakes became part of the lore and basis for Phantom of the Opera. Certainly the life taken when the great chandelier fell from the ceiling of the theatre was part of that story as well.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have many photos to show you in future posts.</span>

Beaux-Arts - Palais Garnier

This is one of my favorite buildings in Paris, the opulent home to Opéra national de Paris . A renovation started in 2000 is nearly complete...

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Backstage - Dress Rehearsal?

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB-kWvGgjMRc1aGo3V6XFXHLnXGYM4R5__hJgoaHrLVDmcG75oyDubS1EWsm0SB02VcFRbzpbxAEzVh_dLY738DuK1iL9_ea5H3okmC7NHsAtg85YlyRI3YKk9q3V0mn88zA2w_gHBp0/s1600/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3343+b-w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562998572503006354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB-kWvGgjMRc1aGo3V6XFXHLnXGYM4R5__hJgoaHrLVDmcG75oyDubS1EWsm0SB02VcFRbzpbxAEzVh_dLY738DuK1iL9_ea5H3okmC7NHsAtg85YlyRI3YKk9q3V0mn88zA2w_gHBp0/s640/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3343+b-w.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These <a href="http://www.repetto.com/"><strong>Repetto</strong></a> tutus are ready to go, awaiting the ballerinas<br /><br /><br />Opera Garnier<br />Paris</span></div>

Backstage - Dress Rehearsal?

These Repetto tutus are ready to go, awaiting the ballerinas Opera Garnier Paris

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Ballerinas at Palais Garnier

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rvO2cuowusiolY2Yc6J4XOO7WToeRWwYbkwbUJfkJVHyPhTelwJ3JtEfODm8Q_Ib1KtBp67BwJkv0o3YuonqSH7-gZTxiQe2UFyONh0o4CgRvodzLGnIVNGgkBKNaXGKUi72He2ghRs/s1600/2010+paris+7+DSC_0031+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753021162170626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rvO2cuowusiolY2Yc6J4XOO7WToeRWwYbkwbUJfkJVHyPhTelwJ3JtEfODm8Q_Ib1KtBp67BwJkv0o3YuonqSH7-gZTxiQe2UFyONh0o4CgRvodzLGnIVNGgkBKNaXGKUi72He2ghRs/s640/2010+paris+7+DSC_0031+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; ; DISPLAY: block; ; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />On a snowy day we found this trio of ballerinas at Palais Garnier...

Ballerinas at Palais Garnier

On a snowy day we found this trio of ballerinas at Palais Garnier...

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