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LBY4705268: Detail of the Colonnade Grand Louvre, Rue de Rivoli and quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, 1983-2001. Detail of the Colonnade. Built under Louis XIV after a project established in 1667 by a council of Le Vau, le Brun, and Claude Perrault. Project in fact executed only by Claude Perrault. / Bridgeman Images
LBY4705331: Richelieu wing from rue de la rue de Rivoli Grand Louvre, Rue de Rivoli and quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, 1983-2001. Richelieu wing seen from the rue de Rivoli with transparency the department of French sculptures not monumental. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4707667: The Picasso Museum, 5 rue de Thorigny, Paris 75003. Architecture by Roland Simounet, 1975-1985. The Hotel Sale was built from 1656 to 1659 by Jean Boullier de Bourges. The building owes its name to its sponsor, Pierre Aubert, seigneur of Fontenay, charged with collecting the tax on salt - the gabelle. After his purchase by the city of Paris, he was rehabilitated to receive works by Picasso. Photography 1986. / Bridgeman Images
OMG4708386: The Department of the Arts of Islam of the Louvre - The work of architects Rudy Ricciotti and Mario Bellini, a box surmounted by a cover of gilded glass and woven with a fine undulating metal network, highlights one of the richest and most beautiful collections of Islamic art in the world. Department of the Arts of Islam - Louvre - Paris 1er - 2012 - Mario Bellini - Rudy Ricciotti / Bridgeman Images
OMG4708524: The Department of the Arts of Islam of the Louvre - The work of architects Rudy Ricciotti and Mario Bellini, a box surmounted by a cover of gilded glass and woven with a fine undulating metal network, highlights one of the richest and most beautiful collections of Islamic art in the world. Department of the Arts of Islam - Louvre - Paris 1er - 2012 - Mario Bellini - Rudy Ricciotti / Bridgeman Images
TEC4709275: Opera Garnier, 8 rue Scribe, Paris 9. Architecture by Charles Garnier, 1862-1875. Photography 1993. The Opera or the National Academy of Music and Dance represents the best architectural expression of the Napoleon III style, eclectic, baroque, overload. It was after Orsini's failed attempt to attack the Emperor on January 14, 1858, that it was decided to build a new opera in a space and on. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4659533: The United States district in Lyon (Rhone). Construction 1919-1934, architect Tony Garnier (1869-1948). Thanks to Edouard Herriot, mayor of Lyon since 1905, Tony Garnier, a Lyon architect, conceived the United States district as a miniature city, following the great socialist utopias of the 19th century. It is based on the principle of the gardens that were carried out at the same time in Europe and the United States. Renovation of the district took place from 1993 to 1998. Photography 1993., Garnier, Tony (1869-1948) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4660854: Le Cirque d'hiver, 110 rue Amelota Paris 75011. Architect Jakob Hittorff (1792-1857), 1852. Finished a week after the coup, the circus became the circus Napoleon. Built for Louis Dejean, this cirquesitue near the grand boulevards and theatres that attracted a large audience at that time. The decoration is inspired by Greek architecture. The entrance is decorated with two cast iron statues that announce the equestrian vocation of the place. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4660859: Le Cirque d'hiver, 110 rue Amelota Paris 75011. Architect Jakob Hittorff (1792-1857), 1852. Finished a week after the coup, the circus became the circus Napoleon. Built for Louis Dejean, this cirquesitue near the grand boulevards and theatres that attracted a large audience at that time. The decoration is inspired by Greek architecture. The entrance is decorated with two cast iron statues that announce the equestrian vocation of the place. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4660894: Hotel des Marechaux, Place de l'Etoile, Paris 75008. Architect Jakob Hittorf (1792-1867), 1854. By December 13, 1854, the species surrounding the Arc de Triomphe is devolu to 12 private hotels that still remain today. The gardens of these hotels look towards the square. These hotels are clearly recognizable by their identical columns. It was for no reason that Parisians called them hotel des Marechaux at the time., Hittorff, Jacques Ignace (1792-1867) / Bridgeman Images