Grand Palais, Paris

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The Grand Palais in Paris is a monumental exhibition hall and museum complex famed for its vast glass-domed roof and richly ornamented Beaux-Arts architecture, built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.

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Grand Palais 18
Grand Palais nave 1
Nef du Grand Palais 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Beaux-Arts architecture building
exhibition hall
historic building
museum complex
architecturalMovement French academic classicism
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
builtFor 1900 Exposition Universelle
surface form: Exposition Universelle 1900
city Paris
constructionStartDate 1897
continent Europe
country France
hasDome yes
hasFeature Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
Palais de la Découverte spaces
glass-domed roof
iron and glass nave
large exhibition nave
ornamental sculptures
stone façade
hasPart Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
surface form: Galeries nationales

Grand Palais, Paris self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nef du Grand Palais

Grand Palais, Paris self-linksurface differs
surface form: Palais de la Découverte (historical wing)
heritageDesignation Monument historique
heritageDesignationDate 2000
inception 1900
locatedIn 8th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
locatedNear Pont Alexandre III
River Seine
surface form: Seine
locatedOn Champs-Élysées
surface form: Avenue des Champs-Élysées
locatedOpposite Petit Palais
maintainedBy Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
surface form: Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais
notableEventHosted Chanel
surface form: Chanel fashion shows

FIAC contemporary art fair
Monumenta art installations
openedFor 1900 Exposition Universelle
surface form: Exposition Universelle 1900
ownedBy Government of France
surface form: French state
publicAccess yes
region Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
roofMaterial glass
significantPeriod Belle Époque
structureMaterial iron
steel
usedFor art exhibitions
cultural events
fashion shows
sporting events
temporary museums
trade fairs

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8th arrondissement of Paris contains Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Petit Palais faces Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Champs-Élysées hasLandmark Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Grand Palais, Paris hasPart Grand Palais, Paris self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Grand Palais
this entity surface form: Nef du Grand Palais
Grand Palais, Paris hasPart Grand Palais, Paris self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Grand Palais
this entity surface form: Palais de la Découverte (historical wing)
FIAC contemporary art fair locatedIn Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: FIAC
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
subject surface form: Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: Monumenta 2007
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: Monumenta 2008
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: Monumenta 2010
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: Monumenta 2011
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: Monumenta 2012
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
subject surface form: Monumenta 2014
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations location Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Pont Alexandre III near Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
subject surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Beaux-Arts notableExample Grand Palais, Paris
1900 Exposition Universelle notableStructure Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
subject surface form: Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Paris Salon venue Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais
Monumenta art installations venueFeatureUsed Grand Palais, Paris
this entity surface form: Grand Palais nave