The grand staircaseGrand foyer This hall, 18 metres (59 ft) high, 154 metres (505 ft) long and 13 metres (43 ft) wide, was designed to act as a drawing room for Paris society. It was restored in 2004. Its ceiling was painted by and represents various moments in the history of music. The foyer opens onto an outside loggia and is flanked by two octagonal salons with ceilings painted by in the eastern salon and in the western salon. The octagonal salons open to the north into the Salon de la Lune at the western end of the Avant-Foyer and the Salon du Soleil at its eastern end. Main article:Garnier had originally planned to install a restaurant in the opera house; however, for budgetary reasons, it was not completed in the original design.On the third attempt to introduce it since 1875, a restaurant was opened on the eastern side of the building in 2011. Was designed by French architect.
The chef was; in October 2015, became the new head chef. The restaurant, which has three different spaces and a large outside terrace, is accessible to the general public.History Selection of a site.
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Foundation work (20 May 1862)The site was excavated between 27 August and 31 December. On 13 January 1862 the first concrete foundations were poured, starting at the front and progressing sequentially toward the back, with the laying of the substructure masonry beginning as soon as each section of concrete was cast. The opera house needed a much deeper basement in the substage area than other building types, but the level of the groundwater was unexpectedly high. Wells were sunk in February 1862 and eight steam pumps installed in March, but despite operating continuously 24 hours a day, the site would not dry up. To deal with this problem Garnier designed a double foundation to protect the superstructure from moisture.
It incorporated a water course and an enormous concrete cistern ( cuve) which would both relieve the pressure of the external groundwater on the basement walls and serve as a reservoir in case of fire. A contract for its construction was signed on 20 June. Soon a persistent legend arose that the opera house was built over a subterranean lake, inspiring Gaston Leroux to incorporate the idea into his novel. On 21 July the cornerstone was laid at the southeast angle of the building's facade.
In October the pumps were removed, the brick vault of the cuve was finished by 8 November, and the substructure was essentially complete by the end of the year.