covered passages in paris france Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/covered-passages-in-paris-france Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:16:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Covered Passageways Paris http://toursmaps.com/covered-passageways-paris.html http://toursmaps.com/covered-passageways-paris.html#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:15:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=231785 When I first arrived in Paris, I worked in an office on the rue du 4 Septembre, not far from the Place de l’Opera. And I accidentally discovered the amazing covered passageways – in French they are called either Passages or Galeries – that are concentrated in the center of Paris. Covered passageways were a kind of 19th century shopping mall. With their glass domes they protected shoppers from the rain and they offered a wide variety of shops and cafes and restaurants. Around twenty of these elegant architectural and cultural gems exist today and you can spend several hours

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