Showing posts with label 2nd arrondissement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2nd arrondissement. Show all posts

Rue Montorgueil

Rue Montorgueil is a street in the 1st and 2nd arrondissement. As a true 'foodie' street, it is lined with restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and a variety of shops, selling fish, cheese, wine, produce and flowers. It is a street for Parisians both to socialise and do their daily shopping. The street was also famously the subject of Monet's painting below, Rue Montorgueil, Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878. Monet painted this street scene for a government festival, which was intended as a patriotic symbol of France's recovery from its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. 


Source: Wikipedia

Passage des Panoramas

The Passage des Panoramas is the oldest of the covered passages of Paris, located in the 2nd arrondissement between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc street to the south. It is one of the earliest venues of the Parisian philatelic trade, and it was one of the first covered commercial passageways in Europe.

Passage du Grand Cerf

Passage du Grand Cerf was opened in 1825 and links rue Saint-Denis and the Montorgueil neighbourhood. With its12 metre high glass ceiling, it is one of the largest covered arcades in Paris. A perfect place to stroll in dappled sunlight and shadows. It has a magical quality of mystery and allure.