Second Empire architecture

The term Second Empire (French for " Second Empire " ) refers to the style of French architecture and interior architecture and urbanism in the time of Emperor Napoleon III. . 1852-1870 Meanwhile rule is called Second Empire from the (first) Empire of Napoleon I ( 1799-1814 ) in France differed. The Empire style refers according to the time of Napoleon I.

The Second Empire falls in the epoch of historicism. Outstanding examples are the neo-baroque Opéra Garnier and the urban renewal project of Baron Haussmann in Paris, as well as the wing of the Louvre. Overlap there is with the Beaux -Arts architecture.