- Passage Pommeraye
The Passage Pommeraye is a small
shopping mall in centralNantes ,France , named after itsproperty developer , Louis Pommeraye. Construction started at the end of1840 and was completed on4 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. Twoarchitect s, Jean-Baptiste Buron and Hippolyte Durand Gasselin, contributed to its design, which is very elaborate and includesrenaissance style sculptures.The Passage Pommeraye has been classified as a "historic monument" since1976 .Movies
The Passage Pommeraye can be seen in several movies :
*"Lola" by directorJacques Demy .
*"Une chambre en ville " by directorJacques Demy .
*"La reine blanche" by directorJean-Loup Huber .ource
* http://www.nantes44.com/pommeray.htm (in French), accessed on
10 november 2005 Photos
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