1826 – Exchange House, Paris
Architect: A.T. Brongniart & E. de Labarre
Napoleon wanted the stock exchange to be housed to reflect “the grandeur of the capital”
1836 – Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Architect: Jean François Thérèse Chalgrin
50 metres high and 45 metres wide,
1840 – Colonne de Juillet, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France
Architect: Jean Antoine Alavoine
Previously the site of the Bastille,
1850 – Ste-Genevieve Library, Paris, France
Architect: Henri Labrouste
Designed in 1839, and opened in 1851,
1860 – Fontaine Saint-Michel, Paris, France
Architect: Gabriel Davioud
The Saint Michel Fountain is located between the boulevard Saint-Michel and the Place Saint-André-des-Arts.
1860 – House of an Architect, Cite Malesherbes, Paris
Architect: M. Amoudru
Design for the architect’s own residence.
1860 – Mairie du 1er Arrondissement, Paris
Architect: Jacques Hittorff
Paris is divided into 20 arrondissement,
1868 – Palais de Justice, Paris
Architect: Joseph L. Duc & Honoré Daumet
Part of the much larger Conciergerie complex,
1868 – Salle Labrouste, Richelieu Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Architect: Henri Labrouste
For more than 250 years the national library was housed in a complex in this location.
1875 – Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris, France
Architect: Charles Garnier
This is the thirteenth building to house the Paris Opera since the Opera was founded in 1669.
