Paris’s Most Stunning Covered Passages

Passage Verdeau (1847)

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Passage Verdeau, in the 9th arrondissement, is 75 meters long and was built in 1846 by the Société du Passage Jouffroy. It connects Rue de la Grange-Batelière and Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, extending from the Passage Jouffroy.

The gallery has a bright, neoclassical design with a high fishbone-patterned glass roof. Once overlooked, it gained popularity when antique dealers settled in after the opening of Hôtel Drouot, drawing collectors of old books and postcards.