Paris Grand Palais to get facelift

Paris

FRANCE unveiled a spectacular near half-billion-euro (S$815 million) overhaul of one of its beloved buildings on Monday, driving a new pedestrian boulevard through the Grand Palais in Paris to link the Champs Elysees with the River Seine.

Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen said that the huge project will completely open up the enormous complex of galleries and exhibition spaces which also houses the city's Palace of Discoveries science museum.