Aerial of Grand Palais and Petit Palais in Paris

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : The Grand Palais and Petite Palais are two landmarks near the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. Located just west of the Tuilleries, the two structures are part of a giant museum complex on the north side of the Seine River. They were built on the grounds of the old Palace of Industry (Palais de l'Industrie) as part of the great Universal Exposition of 1900. Check out the two landmarks from above in this excellent drone video by AirVuz contributor sphereview.

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Grand-Palais and Petit-Palais are impressive buildings that were designed for the 1900 Universal Exhibition as a showcase of Paris’ splendour to the world. The Grand Palais displays a 240 metre long facade by Henri Deglane on Avenue Winston Churchill, with an iconic colonnade behind which runs a mosaic frieze portraying art across different civilisations. Two monumental bronze quadrigae (statues depicting a chariot with flying horses) by Georges Récipon crown each end of the main facade. On the Champs-Elysées’ side, the quadriga depict “Immortality ahead of Time” and on the Seines’ side “Harmony triumphing over Discord”. Opposite the Grand Palais stands its counterpart, the Petit Palais. Built at the same time as the Grand Palais by architect Charles Girault, it elegantly displays the architecture of “La Belle Epoque”. While the Grand Palais belongs to the State, the Petit Palais is owned by the City of Paris which has used it as the Paris Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Paris).