#palais garnier

[the-gilded-chronicles]

Opera Garnier, Paris, France.

August 2024.

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[thepaintedchateau]

...every detail tells a story...

[thatsbelievable]

[inthedarktrees]

Paris Opera | Walter Sanders, Life, 1949

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

In celebration of the birthday of this most-beautiful building (a few days late, I know), I upload these photos I took on my recent visit to its majestic halls. Nowhere else have I seen such beauty nor felt such awe; it is a sanctuary for divine art and a fitting home for the Angel of Music.

Words cannot express my love for it, so I won’t even try.

Let me only say: Gaston Leroux NAILED its description in that book, both visually and atmospherically. That building IS Erik.

[kaze-sunfish-kid]

The sillies have returned and Erik visited his house today

[seasons-in-hell]

Renown Holding Back Pegasus

[ineffablekink]

Fun fact if you have a free afternoon in Paris. You can simply walk to the Palais Garnier, buy a visit ticket, stroll around the foyer, the halls, the grand staircase, sit in the Royal box, look at the chandelier, and even walk up to box five (it’s the one with the little sign “Box of the Opera Ghost” on it) and yes, peek inside ❤️