A PRETTY 124-year-old attraction that looks like something from a Disney film is reopening this summer. The striking spot will give visitors a sneak preview inside ahead of the Summer Olympics before its full launch next year. The Grand Palais is one of Paris’s most important exhibition spaces, but has been closed three for years to undergo renovations.
From July 26 to August 11, the building will open its doors to members of the publicas it is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympic tournaments in both fencing and taekwondo. The lucky few with tickets to these events will get to check out the striking renovations that transformed the nave of the Grand Palais. The space will open again in October of this year to host Art Basel Paris before closing once more to finalize its last series of renovations.
The structure is a sign to behold and combines steel, stone, and glass to create a masterpiece. It is a relic of early 20th-century innovations and boasts a massive glass dome ceiling. With 145,313 square feet of space, the ceiling is the largest of its kind in Europe, making it a must-see in Paris.
The Grand Palais closed in March 2021 , largely to improve the building’s accessibility, restore its original exterior statuary, and renovate portions of the space that had been blocked off for decades. The urban planning, architecture, and interior design studio Chatillon Architectes has performed the mammoth task of renovating the Grand Palais over the past three years. The process .