Second Empire in France
- Palais Garnier (1861-1875), Paris.
- Palais du Louvre (1852–57 additions), Paris, Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel, architects.
- Most buildings on the Champs-Élysées (1852–70), Paris.
- Élysée Palace (1853–67 renovation), Paris, Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, architect.
- Hôtel du Palais (1854), Biarritz.
- Musée de Picardie (1855–67), Amiens.
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