Passage Bourg-l'Abbé
The Passage Bourg-l'Abbé is a covered shopping arcade from the 19th century in the 2nd arrondissement in Paris . The Passage Bourg-l'Abbé is a monument worthy of protection ( monument historique ).
location
Passage Bourg-l'Abbé - its name comes from the former monastery of St-Martin-des-Champs - is located between 120, rue Saint-Denis and 3, rue de Palestro, in a mixed residential and commercial district near the Grands Boulevards . Etienne Marcel is the nearest metro station on line 4 that crosses Paris from south to north.
Other passages are in the vicinity: Passage du Prado (10th arrondissement), Passage du Caire (2nd arrondissement) and Passage du Grand-Cerf (2nd arrondissement), the entrance of which is on rue Saint Denis exactly opposite the entrance to Passage Bourg-l'Abbé is located.
history
This short passage was built in 1828 according to the plans of the architect Auguste Lusson . This time was the age of the passages in Paris and there was great competition between the passages. Its eastern part was destroyed in 1854 when under Napoleon III. and the Prefect Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the Boulevard de Strasbourg , a major axis from Châtelet to Gare de l'Est , was created. The newly built entrance on rue de Palestro was designed by Henri Blondel . Two large caryatids (sculpted by Aimé Millet ) frame the entrance, which extends over two floors. The keystone of the arcade symbolizes economic hard work with a beehive . The passage still has a barrel vault in parts .
literature
- Jean-Claude Delorme, Anne-Marie Dubois: Passages couverts parisiens . Parigrams, Paris 2002 (1st edition Paris 1996), ISBN 2-84096-264-0 .
- Bertrand Lemoine: Les passages couvertes en France . Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-905118-21-0 .
Web links
- Passage Bourg-l'Abbé Description as Monument historique in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French text)
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '52.3 " N , 2 ° 21' 2" E