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I take you now to the passages/galeries of Paris !!! I have been to several but lots more to see , they are just gorgeous. You will see them in the next posts, bear with me, its Paris!!! Glad to have found me more in my old cd roms, great! Therefore, here is my take on the Galerie Colbert of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Paris is full of secret places, testimonies of the history of the city. Discovering them helps to better understand the past of it. Take the covered passages of Paris, for example. In the 19C, thanks to Baron Haussmann’s grand urban transformation plan, the city had more than 70! Let me give some definition ; what is a passage? Well best describe as a private lane open to the public, a shortcut between several lanes, whether it is covered or not. A pedestrian space, the passage can house both commerce and housing. Only the abundant decoration and the luxury of the shops differentiate a gallery from a passage. Today, the covered passages and their timeless charm have won back the hearts of Parisians who crowd alongside those that have been tastefully restored. While many of them have disappeared as the city has evolved, many other passages have survive. Read on some of my tales of those present in the beautiful City of Paris.

The Galerie Colbert is at 6 rue des Petits-Champs / 2 rue Vivienne ,2éme arrondissement. It does not house any boutique but only research institutes and laboratories linked to the history of art and cultural heritage. It is no less sublime! It can be reach by metro Palais -Royal – Louvre Musée on lines 1 and 7) and Bourse on line 3. It has this name due to the vicinity of the old Hôtel Colbert , previously Hôtel Bautru.

The Galerie Colbert rivals any as the prettiest gallery in Paris. Don’t wait any longer and discover its magnificent rotunda topped by a glass dome and its dying Eurydice statue in the center of the rotunda. This beautiful gallery was purchased by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and today houses several institutes (including one for Art History and another for Heritage) as well as numerous research laboratories and schools linked to art history. The story goes that in 1830, the composer Berlioz sang La Marseillaise from its window, in an arrangement he had just imagined. The crowd gathered beneath his windows, chanting the words in chorus, and Berlioz is said to have fainted with emotion.

The city of Paris going outs on the passages: https://www.paris.fr/pages/decouvrez-la-magie-des-galeries-et-des-passages-18889

The Association of passages et galeries of Paris : http://passagesetgaleries.fr/passages-parisiens/

The Paris tourist office on the covered passages: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/unusual-paris-the-covered-passages-a1801

There you go folks, hope you find it helpful for your next trip to Paris. Or just browse these wonders of architecture in the most beautiful city in the world, Paris. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Galerie Colbert of Paris !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!