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Passage du Bourg-l'Abbé 

Passage du Bourg-l'Abbé
Passage du Bourg-l'Abbé

Le Passage du Bourg-l’Abbé is located at 3, rue de Palestro and 120, rue Saint-Denis - 75002 Paris.


The Bourg-l’Abbé passage was inaugurated in 1828.


It was built by the architect Auguste Lusson between the Passage du Grand-Cerf and the Passage de l’Ancre (which still exists but is not covered).


Inspired by the Saucède passage, which disappeared with the opening of the rue de Turbigo, the Bourg-l'Abbé passage was once larger.


During the construction of Boulevard de Sébastopol in 1854 and the opening of Rue de Palestro,
the passage has been shortened.


The current entrance decorated with caryatids symbolizing commerce and industry is the work of architect Henri Blondel.
The caryatids were sculpted by Aimé Millet.


The passage is topped by a luminous glass roof and has colorful facades and wooded windows.


It measures 47 meters long and 3 meters wide.


It is open Monday to Saturday between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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