Palais du Trocadero

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Palais du Trocadero

The Palais du Trocadero was built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle, and remnants of the building still remain today. The building and surrounding space allowed for the millions of visitors of the World's Fair to view the exhibition space on the Champ de de Mars from above.

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1878 Exposition UniverselleBy Brantley Sanders

Following the embarrassment of the Franco-Prussian War and the horrors of the Paris Commune, the Third Republic hoped to regain its strength and portray itself as superior to the Second Republic with…