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Le Grand Palais de Paris.



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The greatest glass-and-steel art nouveau exhibition hall in the world.

Panorama du Grand Palais

The stunning Grand Palais is set to reopen after major structural repairs and the recent renovations lasted 12 years.

With its giant glass cupola that stands out over the low Paris skyline, the Grand Palais is one of the City of Light's most visible landmarks, located between the elegant Champs-Elysees Avenue and the River Seine.

Built for the 1900 World's Fair (while the Eiffel tower was built Years: 1887-1889), the Grand Palais soon showed signs of structural vulnerability. A 1910 flood of the Seine damaged the foundations, and subsequent changes in Paris' water table further undermined stability. In 1993, a glass panel fell 148 feet from the dome. Although no one was injured, authorities had to close the central hall.

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Detail 3
Detail 3
Entrance
Entrance
The Flying Mirror.
The Flying Mirror.
Detail 1
Detail 1
Detail 2
Detail 2
General view
General view
General view
General view
Panorama
Panorama
On the air
On the air
Light Hall.
Light Hall.
Reflection
Reflection
Majestic !
Majestic !
La coupole.
La coupole.
Liebherr crane.
Liebherr crane.
Jules Verne ?
Jules Verne ?
L'escalier
L'escalier
Convergence
Convergence
Art Déco
Art Déco
Impressive
Impressive
Main piles
Main piles
L'aile nord.
L'aile nord.
Giant 18th century globe
Giant 18th century globe
L'escalier 2
L'escalier 2
Couture Metallique !
Couture Metallique !
Au Grand Palais
Au Grand Palais