Palais Garnier
An opera house of 1,979 seats, built for the Paris Opera between 1861 and 1875 at the behest of Napoleon III. Behind its gilded façade lie a grand marble staircase and an auditorium with a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.8719, 2.3317
Get the Palais Garnier stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Palais Garnier. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Palais Garnier
Tuileries Garden 1.0 km
A public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, created by Catherine de' Medici in 1564 for a palace that no longer stands. Opened to the public in 1667, it has been a place for Parisians to stroll, meet and sit by its fountains ever since.
Place de la Concorde 1.0 km
The largest square in Paris, 7.6 hectares at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. At its centre stands an Egyptian obelisk from Luxor, more than 3,000 years old, flanked by two grand fountains.
Musée de l'Orangerie 1.1 km
A gallery in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden, best known as the permanent home of Claude Monet's eight great Water Lilies murals, hung in two oval rooms. Downstairs are works by Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso and Renoir.
Louvre Museum 1.2 km
The world's most visited art museum, housed in a royal palace on the Right Bank of the Seine. It holds the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, and in its basement the stone footings of the medieval fortress built under Philip II can still be seen.
Moulin Rouge 1.4 km
A cabaret on the Boulevard de Clichy at the Place Blanche, with a red windmill on its roof. It opened in 1889 at the foot of Montmartre, and the cancan is still danced in its nightly revue.
Musée d'Orsay 1.4 km
A museum in a Beaux-Arts railway station on the Left Bank, built from 1898 to 1900 and opened as a museum in 1986. It holds the world's largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art, from Monet and Renoir to Degas, Cézanne and van Gogh.
Pont Alexandre III 1.6 km
The most ornate bridge in Paris, a single steel arch across the Seine with gilded statues on tall pillars at each end. It links the Champs-Élysées quarter with the Invalides, and its lamps and cherubs make it a favourite place for photographs.
Passage Brady 1.7 km
An iron-and-glass covered arcade in the 10th arrondissement, built in 1828. Known as Little India, it is lined with Indian and Pakistani restaurants and spice shops, a corner of Paris that smells of curry leaves and cardamom.
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Questions
Where is Palais Garnier?
Palais Garnier is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tuileries Garden (1.0 km), Place de la Concorde (1.0 km), Musée de l'Orangerie (1.1 km).
How do I get the Palais Garnier stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Palais Garnier and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Palais Garnier before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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