The covered passages of Paris are the early form of shopping arcade mainly created in the 19th century. Over 150 in the past, only two dozen remain today. Architectural curiosities with common identities like glass ceilings, highly ornementations and decorations, lined with shops, cafes and restaurants on the ground floor, heated and artificially illuminated at night. Often designed as shortcuts between two commercial streets. Each passage has its own special character and lots of different stories to tell.
A tour reladed to women of the arcades is available, apart from the tour of the highlights.
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