Passage de Caire
Passage de Caire
We walk past the west fronts of the two churches and turn left to cross Square Émile Chautemps to enter the first passage, Passage du Ponceau. From the other end of the passage we turn a few steps to the left into the prostitution street Rue Saint-Denis and then turn right into Passage du Caire.
Passage de Caire
This long shopping passage from 1800 has become dilapidated but still keeps some of its initial charm. In a small widening near the far end of it rascals once congregated and caroused at nights, but during daytime they worked the city feigning blindness and other disabilities. Here the decorations are Egyptian
This long shopping passage from 1800 has become dilapidated but still keeps some of its initial charm. In a small widening near the far end of it ras
cals once congregated and caroused at nights, but during daytime they worked the ci
ty feigning blindness and other disabilities. Here the decorations are Egyptian.
Bourse
After leaving the passage at the other end we take Rue du Nil or Rue d’Aboukir to Rue Réaumur where we turn right and walk westwards. Here live many Arabs who have probably been attracted to the street names in this area which have been here since Napoleon came from his Egyptian campaign. Walking 400 meters we arrive at the Bourse.
The Neoclassic stock exchange was built 1801-1826 with Corinthian columns on all sides. From a balcony we can perceive the lively business on the exchange floor. It sometimes resembles a riot rather than bourgeois law and order.
