Passage du Caire

The passage of Cairo is a roofed passageway Paris IEN located in the II {{E}} district, between the Place of Cairo to the west, the Rue of Cairo in the south, the street Saint-Denis in the east and the Rue of Alexandria in north.

History

The passage was open end 1798 at the time of the countryside of Napoleon in Egypt. The passion for Egypt which followed explains its name of Eastern influence, as well as the decoration of its frontage on the Place of Cairo, decorated of three effigies of the goddess Hathor, recognizable with its ears of Vache. It was the first time named “Passage of the Fair of Cairo”. This passage was built with the site of the buildings and the garden of the Couvent of Girl-God, near mythical the Cour of the miracles. With the creation of the galleries, they were even the tomb stones of the nuns of the convent which constituted part of the pavement of the galleries.

The passage comprises three galleries: the Saint-Denis gallery, the Holy-Foy gallery and the gallery of Cairo.

The principal industry of this passage as of the Années 1840 was the Imprimerie and the Lithographie, situation which was accentuated under the Second Empire and contributed to make it desert by the flâneurs. These activities were then replaced by the manufacture of mannequins for Vitrine S of stores of mode.

Located in the middle of the district of the Path, the passage was massively occupied by the wholesaler S of the Prêt-à-porter. In dilapidated an enough state and having lost a big part of its seal, the passage nowadays shelters only shops of fabric clothes industry without old character and is traversed the week by the deliverymen of clothing. Without much attraction, he is forsaken enough by the walkers.

With its 370  meters length, the passage of Cairo is longest of Paris. On the other hand, with its galleries of 2,70  meters of average width, it is also one of narrowest. The passage is open Monday to Friday of 7  h  00 with 18  h  30.

See too

  • Presentation on the Insecula.com site (with photographs)

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