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Second Empire style: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Second Empire Baroque style • Napoleon III style
Date c. 1850 - 1900
Related Artists Richard Morris Hunt • James Renwick • Hector-Martin Lefuel • Charles Garnier • Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti • Alfred B. Mullett

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Second Empire style in the Reichstag building
grand staircase of the Palais Garnier
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