Galerie Vivienne

Construction began in 1823 and the gallery opened in 1826 under a steel-and-glass roof that widens into a glazed rotunda halfway along. The decor is Neo-Classical in the Pompeian manner, with mosaic floors and relief panels that were restored along with the glazing rather than replaced. Bookshops, a wine merchant, jewellers and fabric sellers occupy the arcades, several of them long-established tenants.

Street Address

6 Rue Vivienne

Year Opened

1826

Architectural Style

Neoclassical

Glass Roof Condition

Restored

Types of Shops

Books, Jewelry, Antiques & Vintage, Restaurants & Cafés

Category: Shopping

Tags: covered passage, mosaics, rotunda, 2nd arrondissement

Coordinates: 48.8667277, 2.339757

Part of Paris passages under their original glass roofs

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