UNESCO CELEBRATES WORLD CITIES DAY DESIGNATING 66 NEW CREATIVE CITIES

A TOTAL OF 246 MEMBERS

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 10/31/2019, 15:28 Time

USPA NEWS - On the occasion of World Cities’ Day, celebrated on 31 October, UNESCO is designating 66 urban settlements that are to join the Organization’s Network of Creative Cities, which now number a total of 246 members. The Network brings together cities that base their development on creativity, whether in music, arts and folk crafts, design, cinema, literature, digital arts or gastronomy. UNESCO creative cities commit to placing culture at the centre of their development strategies and to share their best practices. “All over the world, these cities, each in its way, make culture the pillar, not an accessory, of their strategy,” says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “This favours political and social innovation and is particularly important for the young generations.”

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PALAIS GARNIER - LE SPECTACLE DE L HISTOIRE EXHIBITION

LE GRAND OPERA 1828 - 1867

Responsible Author: Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU (Journalists/Directors) | PARIS, 10/26/2019, 07:05 Time

USPA NEWS - THE PALAIS GARNIER or Opéra Garnier is an Opera House at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the Behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as "Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris" (The New Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, "in Acknowledgment of its Extraordinary Opulence" and the Architect Charles Garnier's Plans and Designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III Style. It was the Primary Theatre of the Paris Opera and its Associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a New Opera House, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The Company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for Ballet. The Theatre has been a Monument Historique of France since 1923.

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