1878 – Trocadéro Palace, Paris, France

The Trocadéro Palace was an eclectic building of Moorish and neo-Byzantine design inspired by the Giralda in Seville, and the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle, it was not intended to outlast the event, although it was used for over fifty years. It comprised a 4,600-seat auditorium extended on either side by two curved wings, each housing a museum (the Musée des Monuments Français and the Musée d’Ethnographie). Widely criticized for its architectural style, and poor acoustics of its main hall, it was demolished in 1935.