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Histoire de Paris

Passage des Panoramas
Construit en 1800 à l’emplacement de l’hôtel de Montmorency-Luxembourg, le passage des Panoramas doit son nom à ses deux tours de 17 mètres de diamètre et de plus de 20 de haut : s’y déployaient des toiles peintes figurant une vue générale de Paris, et l’évacuation de Toulon par les Anglais en décembre 1793. Malgré la disparition de ces panoramas en 1831, le passage demeura longtemps un des lieux favoris de promenade des Parisiens.

Premier lieu public de la capitale doté, dès 1817, de l’éclairage au gaz, il possédait une foule de boutiques de luxe: le café Véron, la pâtisserie Félix, la confiserie "A la Duchesse de Courlande", le papetier Susse, et le graveur Stern dont le magasin existe encore.

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the passage that opened in 1800 and was the first in which gas lighting was introduced (in 1817)

The passage was taken on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Passage of Panoramas
Built in 1800 on the site of the Montmorency-Luxembourg hotel, the Passage des Panoramas owes its name to its two towers 17 meters in diameter and more than 20 high: there were painted canvases depicting a view general of Paris, and the evacuation of Toulon by the English in December 1793. Despite the disappearance of these panoramas in 1831, the passage remained for a long time one of the favorite places for walks for Parisians.

The first public place in the capital equipped with gas lighting in 1817, it had a host of luxury boutiques: the Véron café, the Félix patisserie, the “A la Duchesse de Courlande” confectionery, the Susse stationer, and the Stern engraver whose store still exists.