Passage du Prado

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Passage du Prado
location
Arrondissement 10.
quarter Porte-Saint-Denis
Beginning 18, Boulevard Saint-Denis
The End 12, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis
morphology
length 120 m
width 4 m
history
Emergence 1785
designation 1930
Original names Passage du Bois-de-Boulogne
Coding
Paris 7753

The Passage du Prado is a covered shopping arcade with a glass roof from the 19th century in the 10th arrondissement in Paris . The Passage du Prado is a monument worthy of protection ( monument historique ).

location

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The Passage du Prado is located between 16 Boulevard Saint-Denis , 16, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis in a mixed residential and commercial area outside the former city walls, which were demolished in the 17th century and in its place Grands Boulevards were created . It has a right angle in its center, marked by a round square.

The passage is rated as a bit dodgy, on the one hand because of the many nail salons, which are annoying for the residents, and because of its desolate condition and the prevailing uncertainty there. In 2014, the residents of the district formed an association with the aim of improving the image of the passage: A corresponding petition with 200 signatures was presented to the mayor at the time, Bertrand Delanoë .

Strasbourg - Saint-Denis is the closest metro station with the one that crosses Paris from north to south. Metro-M.svg Paris Metro 4.svg

Other passages are nearby: Passage Brady ( 10th arrondissement ), Passage du Caire ( 2nd arrondissement ), Passage Bourg-l'Abbé (2nd arrondissement) and Passage du Grand-Cerf (2nd arrondissement).

Name origin

The passage was named after the Prado Museum in Madrid in 1830 . Before it was called “Passage du Bois-du-Bologne” after a dance hall with that name nearby.

history

The passage was built in 1785. It was originally without a ceiling; the glass roof was only built in 1925 in the style of those years and the cast iron beams make a heavy and defiant impression. The passage was given its current name in 1930.

Renovation work began on March 26, 2012 and lasted until July of the same year. The lighting was created by Yann Kersalé .

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  • Paris Passage du Prado 478.JPG

  • Facade 1925

  • entrance

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

Commons : Passage du Prado  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.leparisien.fr: Le passage de prado devient irrespirable, 23/12/2010
  2. ↑ www.20minutes.fr: Les proprios du Prado refusent l'insécurité, 6/5/2011
  3. ↑ www.leparisien.fr: Le trafic de drogue gangrène le passage du Prado, 2/05/2011
  4. ^ Félix Lazare et Louis Lazare, Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments , 1844, p. 84
  5. ↑ «Les travaux de rénovation du passage sont achevés !!! » , Www.passage-prado.org (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '12.3 "  N , 2 ° 21' 13.9"  E