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Architecture
It took disease, clogged streets, an antiquated sewage system and Baron
Georges-Eugène Haussmann to drag architectural Paris out of the Middle
Ages and into the modern world - yet since the city's radical transformation by
Haussmann in the 19th century, which saw entire parts of the city razed and
thousands of people displaced, Paris has never looked back. Its contemporary
skyline shimmers with the whole gamut of architectural styles, from Roman
arenas and Gothic cathedrals to postmodernist cubes and futuristic sky-
scrapers.
Ornate foyer of the Palais Garnier opera house
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