Covered passages of Paris

The Covered Passage of Paris (French: Passages couverts de Paris) are an early form of shopping arcade built in Paris, France primarily during the first half of the 19th century. By the 1850s there were approximately 150 covered passages in Paris but this decreased greatly as a result of Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Only a couple of dozen passages remain in the 21st century, all on the Right Bank.[1] The common characteristics of the covered passages are that they are: pedestrianised; glass-ceilings; artificially illuminated at night (initially with gas lamps); privately owned; highly ornamented and decorated; lined with small shops on the ground floor; connecting two streets. Originally, to keep the passages clean, each would have an artiste de décrottage (a shit-removal artist) at the entrance to clean the shoes of visitors.

The passages were the subject of Walter Benjamin's incomplete magnum-opus Passagenwerk (Arcades Project) which was posthumously published.

List of currently accessible passages

The following table lists the covered passages that still exist and remain accessible to the public.

Arrondissement
 Name
 Date
 Entrance
 Hours
 Heritage listing
 Length
 Image
1 Passage des Deux-Pavillons Mérimée 33m
1 Galerie Véro-Dodat 1826
  • 19 rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
  • 2 rue du Bouloi
 Monday-Saturday (except public holidays) 0700-2200 Mérimée 80m
2 Passage Ben-Aïad 1826
  • 9-11 rue Léopold-Bellan
  • 8 rue Bachaumont
 Closed to the public Mérimée 90m
2 Passage du Bourg-l'Abbé 1828 Monday-Saturday 0700-1900 Mérimée 47m
2 Passage du Caire 1798
  • 33 rue d'Alexandrie
  • 2 place du Caire
  • 237-239 rue Saint-Denis
  • 14, 34 et 44 rue du Caire
 Monday-Friday 0700-1800 360m
2 Passage Choiseul 1829 Mérimée 190m
2 Galerie Colbert 1826 Mérimée 83m
2 Passage du Grand-Cerf 1825 Monday-Saturday 0800 - 2000 Mérimée 117m
2 Passage des Panoramas 1800 0600-2400 Mérimée 133m
2 Passage du Ponceau 1826 Monday-Friday 8-9 92m
2 Passage des Princes 1860 Monday-Saturday 0800 - 2000 Mérimée 80m
2 Passage Sainte-Anne Mérimée 47m
2 Galerie Vivienne 1823 0800 - 2000 Mérimée 176m
3 Passage Molière
  • 82 rue Quincampoix
  • 157, 159, 161 rue Saint-Martin
 Mérimée 46m
3 Passage Vendôme 1827
  • Monday-Friday 0700 - 2000
  • Saturday 0800 - 2000
 Mérimée 57m
6 Cour du Commerce-Saint-André 1776 Mérimée 120m
8 Cité Berryer
  • 24 rue Boissy-d'Anglas
  • 24 rue Royale
 Mérimée 95m
8 Arcades du Lido 1926 120m
8 Galerie de la Madeleine 1845 Monday-Saturday (except public holidays) 0800-1900 Mérimée 53m
8 Passage Puteaux 1839
  • 33 rue de l'Arcade
  • 28 rue Pasquier
 Monday-Friday 0700 - 2400 29m
9 Passage du Havre 1845 115m
9 Passage Jouffroy 1845 0700 - 2100 Mérimée 140m
9 Passage Verdeau 1847
  • 6 rue de la Grange-Batelière
  • 31 bis rue du Faubourg-Montmartre
  • Monday-Friday 0700 - 2100
  • Saturday-Sunday 0700 - 2000
 Mérimée 75m
10 Passage Brady 1828 Mérimée 216m
10 Passage du Prado 1830 0900 - 1900 120m

References
  1. "The covered passages in Paris". Paris.fr. Marie de Paris. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.


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