Palace of Versailles

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The "PALAIS GARNIER" has been called probably the most famous opera house in the world, is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier and historically was…

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Photographer Ashley Hicks was given the dream assignment: To set himself loose in the storied palace for ten days with a Canon digital SLR with a mission to capture some 21 of its splendid rooms, several of them never open to the public.