Para me fazer chorar! *-*
Four random Palais Garnier photos:
1. The grand staircase, in the 1870s or 1880s.
2. The chandelier in making. The proportions aren’t quite right, but it’s still recognizable.
3. Part of the subterranean lake, used to balance the ground. If I’ve understood it correctly it varies how flooded the various rooms are down there.
4. Charles Garnier, architect of the Parisian opera which soon enough got the nickname “Palais Garnier” - the Garnier Palace.
(via wanderingchild)