Galerie Vivienne - magasin d'antiquités

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib__DOcXbG_HgzucQ7SZ2dCxLuVf1YhvWuuIMwGZV3U4w5w4nAc3Qbxr312wipV6DbMz8DwN2Dtwd_676Y3rev9A_prIcf8o4X9cInIxssBlKsGGEOeznrNn9D6BfGO5L4Zri4j3XiV1w/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In my nearly two years of posting, I have featured many of the "galeries" of Paris.  Galerie Vivienne is one of the remaining seventeen or so 19th century covered passages in Paris.  It was built in 1823 of two mansions and covered as we might find in a modern-day shopping mall.  Today, this elegant reflection of times past boasts "fashion, culture, pampering, food."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This shop was closed (Lundi) but the view from the window features both the shop items as well as the magnificent mosaic tiles of G. Facchina.  You can see a direct view of Facchina's artistry in the passage <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2012/05/priori-galerie-vivienne.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Galerie Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Petits Champs, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de la Banque, et Rue Vivienne</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Bourse, Métro Pyramides, ou Bus 29</em></span>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Galerie Vivienne - magasin d'antiquités

In my nearly two years of posting, I have featured many of the "galeries" of Paris.  Galerie Vivienne is one of the remaining seve...

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Passage Choiseul

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbU-xIWbwFQz4WhScvRo6mVNc6UUfRfLL_GvmJ9octql2uPXIr6AWFMhq0ScBdije0SSVZUtaItJylpNK9Mf05IyhUyJlAng0OkK0q7fWBAds8vlH-EasutcYlvOvK-mN2xtlcRNuzDk/s1600/2012+jan+17++3rd_0412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbU-xIWbwFQz4WhScvRo6mVNc6UUfRfLL_GvmJ9octql2uPXIr6AWFMhq0ScBdije0SSVZUtaItJylpNK9Mf05IyhUyJlAng0OkK0q7fWBAds8vlH-EasutcYlvOvK-mN2xtlcRNuzDk/s640/2012+jan+17++3rd_0412.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Passage Choiseul runs between Rue des Petits Champs and Rue St-Augustin and still maintains some of its original charm.  The Palladian window at the north end is beautifully designed.  It was built in 1825 by the architect Travernier and is one of the only passages which has not been altered since its construction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was here that the author Louis-Ferdinand Céline lived as a boy, a period and location vividly recounted in his novel <em>Death on Credit</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Passage Choiseul</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">between Rue des Petits Champs</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">and Rue St-Augustin</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002, Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Passage Choiseul

Passage Choiseul runs between Rue des Petits Champs and Rue St-Augustin and still maintains some of its original charm.  The Palladian windo...

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L'éclairage

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCa_N18zQWpV-ho6wkpVlALP5iXXnDL9X2qdDzGtyl0eTFJOq7noSKDzxzwWxrKJJQ3KjlEJUxnFWQYR8rHSM2D0W3K8rSwDBJtns7NhxrwUBMxrg-vaSpTTC-MLE4dE6AGW9FNDtVdY/s1600/2012+jan+11++1st_0157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCa_N18zQWpV-ho6wkpVlALP5iXXnDL9X2qdDzGtyl0eTFJOq7noSKDzxzwWxrKJJQ3KjlEJUxnFWQYR8rHSM2D0W3K8rSwDBJtns7NhxrwUBMxrg-vaSpTTC-MLE4dE6AGW9FNDtVdY/s640/2012+jan+11++1st_0157.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If I could not have the 7-ton brass and crystal grand chandelier of the Palais Garnier, I would gladly take this lovely lamp with its Venetian-style adornment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Paris is a pocket of sweet memories now, and it may have been my best trip ever.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I look forward to sharing stories and many photos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

L'éclairage

If I could not have the 7-ton brass and crystal grand chandelier of the Palais Garnier, I would gladly take this lovely lamp with its Veneti...

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