The Passage Pommeraye is a small
shopping arcade 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 :
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Lola'' by director
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebra ...
.
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Une chambre en ville'' by director
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebra ...
.
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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (french: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a 1964 musical romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music and lyrics by Michel Legrand. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo star as two young ...
'' by director
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebra ...
.
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La reine blanche'' by director
Jean-Loup Huber.
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Jacquot de Nantes'' 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 2005
Photos
Image:Passage-pommeraye-2.jpg, Passage Pommeraye, Nantes
Image:Passage-pommeraye.jpg, Passage Pommeraye, Nantes
File:Passage Pommeraye 1.jpg
File:Passage Pommeraye 2.jpg
File:PassagePommeraye200911.jpeg, Passage Pommeraye, Nantes
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Nantes
Shopping arcades in France
Shopping malls established in 1843
1843 establishments in France