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Nantes
Shopping arcades in France
Shopping malls established in 1843
1843 establishments in France
The Passage Pommeraye is a small shopping arcade
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in central Nantes
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, France
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, named after its property developer
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, Louis Pommeraye. Construction started at the end of 1840 and was completed on 4 July 1843. The Passage Pommeraye is a passage between two streets, the rue Santeuil and rue de la Fosse, with one 9.40 m higher than the other. Midway, there is a flight of steps and the mall then continues on another floor. Two architect
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s, Jean-Baptiste Buron and Hippolyte Durand Gasselin, contributed to its design, which is very elaborate and includes renaissance
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style sculptures.
The Passage Pommeraye has been classified as a ''historic monument'' since 1976.
Movies
The Passage Pommeraye can be seen in several movies : *''Lola
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'' by director Jacques Demy
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*''Une chambre en ville
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'' by director Jacques Demy
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*''Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
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'' by director Jacques Demy
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*''La reine blanche
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'' by director Jean-Loup Huber.
*''Jacquot de Nantes
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'' by director Agnès Varda
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(Jacques Demy's wife]
Sources
* https://archive.today/20120910110520/http://www.nantes44.com/pommeray.htm (in French), accessed on 10 November 2005Photos