The castle is composed of a quadrangular enclosure with round flanking towers and a lower court adjacent. The castle was largely reconstructed by Charles des Marets in 1433. The site was restored in the 14th century. Although the Library-Museum is no longer managed by the Opera and is part of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the museum is included in unaccompanied tours of the Palais Garnier.References:Ĭhâteau de Dieppe was founded in 1188 and destroyed in 1195. The Palais Garnier also houses the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum). This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular 1986 musical. The Palais Garnier is one of the most famous opera houses in the worlkd. The Paris Opera now mainly uses the Palais Garnier for ballet. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier, and historically was known as the Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra, as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille opened at the Place de la Bastille.

It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The architect was Charles Garnier (1825–1898). The Palais Garnier is a opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera.

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