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This photo, taken by a fish eye lens, shows Palais Garnier in Paris on 9 December 2024.

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This photo, taken by a fish eye lens, shows Palais Garnier in Paris on 9 December 2024.

Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

Rich Opera Garnier, who was appointed by Napoleon, was named after his architect Charles Garnier. Garnier rose from the Paris slums to design one of the most famous places in Europe. Opera Garnier finally inspired the novel and musical “Opera Phantom”.