Nantes’s Passage Pommeraye is one of the first world’s covered shopping plazas, in France. Built in 1843 and renovated recently, the Passage is a three storey shopping arcade. Today the monument keeps fascinating us with its architectural splendour.
The Passage, which is a meeting point of two of Nantes’s districts, namely Place Royale and Place Graslin, connects two streets, situated on two levels, one 9 m lower than the other.
The Passage houses Renaissance style sculptures in addition to small shops, distributed on three levels, which are interconnected by a monumental large central staircase.
It is said that the concept of window-shopping was introduced at a larger scale with the construction of Nantes’s Passage Pommeraye.
While admiring the Passage we could actually walk through history. It is worth mentioning its vaulted glass ceiling and statue-lined walkways along with the imposing staircase.
The Passage as such reminded us about the wealth…
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