Residents explore Sanfilippo Estate

Jeff Krage – For Shaw Media Members of the Barrington Council of Aging walk around the Eden Palais inside the Place de la Musique on Wednesday. The carousel building, completed in 1997, is the home of the most complete example of a European salon carousel in existence - the 'Eden Palais' (or Eden Palace), built in 1890. It was lighted by hundreds of light bulbs, and was undoubtedly one of the first places that patrons experienced electric lighting when it was new. The Eden Palais includes an 89' wide by 42' tall carved facade with life-size carved horses, giant art glass butterflies, a painting recreating an original that hangs in the Louvre, and a beautiful etched-glass entryway. Barrington 4/9/14