Thomas Jefferson Building
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The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library
The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in April 2007
The Main Reading Room
View of the Thomas Jefferson Building's west façade
The Great Hall and a view of the building's first and second floors, featuring Minerva mosaic
Palais Garnier
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The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to
Thomas Jefferson Building
…Age; the programs were in many cases set out by the Librarian of Congress, Ainsworth Rand Spofford. The central block is broadly comparable to the Palais Garnier in Paris, a similarly ambitious expression of triumphant cultural nationalism in the Beaux-Arts style that had triumphed at the World's Columbian…
View of the principal façade of the Palais Garnier from the Place de l'Opéra
Plan at the auditorium ceiling level
Façade of the Palais Garnier with labels indicating the locations of various sculptures
Gumery's L'Harmonie (1869), atop the left avant-corps of the façade, is 7.5 metres (25 ft) of gilt copper electrotype