Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Art Nouveau department store crowned by a neo-Byzantine stained-glass dome with a hidden WWII story.
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This guide to Galeries Lafayette Haussmann in Paris starts on January 19, 1919, when an aviator broke a city ban to reach a tiny terrace above Boulevard Haussmann, with a prize on offer. Inside, you'll meet the founder who commissioned the stained-glass dome, the glassmaker and ironworker behind the great hall, and the wartime decision of 1940 that put the glass in danger. Best heard standing in the middle of the main hall.
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