Palais Garnier
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Summary
Palais Garnier is an opera house[1]. It ranks in the top 0.86% of opera house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,930 views/month, #2 of 232).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Quartier de la Chaussée-d'Antin[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Instance of: museum building[5]
- Architect: Charles Garnier[6]
- Commissioned by: Napoleon III[7]
- Owned by: Paris Opera[8]
- Named after: Charles Garnier[9]
- Architectural style: Second Empire style[10], Beaux-Arts[11], eclectic architecture[12]
- Made from material: Euville stone[13], marble[14], cast iron[15]
- Location: 9th arrondissement of Paris[16]
- Postal code: 75009[17]
- Commons category: Opéra Garnier[18]
- Occupant: Paris Opera[19], Bibliothèque-musée de l'Opéra[20]
- Inception: August 27, 1861[21], July 21, 1862[22]
- Located on street: place de l'Opéra[23], rue Scribe[24], place Jacques-Rouché[25]
- Official website: https://www.operadeparis.fr/[26]
- Commons gallery: Palais Garnier[27]
- Maximum capacity: 1900[28]
- Described by source: Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra[29], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[30]
- Heritage designation: classified historical monument[31]
- Present in work: The Phantom of the Opera[32]
- Date of official opening: January 5, 1875[33]
- Native label: Opéra Garnier[34], Palais Garnier[35]
- Capital cost: 36,000,000 French franc[36]
- Related category: Category:Live albums recorded at Palais Garnier[37]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Palais Garnier include GARNiDELiA[38], a musical duo[39], founded in 2010[40]; avenue de l'Opéra[41], a street[42], in France[43], founded in 1867[44]; place de l'Opéra[45], a square[46], in France[47]; and Opéra[48], a metro station[49], in France[50].
Why It Matters
Palais Garnier has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for it include GARNiDELiA[38], a musical duo[39], founded in 2010[40]; avenue de l'Opéra[41], a street[42], in France[43], founded in 1867[44]; place de l'Opéra[45], a square[46], in France[47]; and Opéra[48], a metro station[49], in France[50].