Second Empire Architecture - Second Empire in France

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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