Passage Puteaux, Historic covered passage in Quartier de la Madeleine, Paris, France.
Passage Puteaux is a covered corridor in the 8th arrondissement linking Rue de l'Arcade to Rue Pasquier. Its simple decor includes pilasters dividing six bays under a two-slope glass roof, with chipped mouldings and capitals still visible. The passage houses the terraces of the wine bar "La Boutique des Vins" and the bar of the boutique hotel Le Royal Madeleine.
Opened in 1839, the passage was built by Louis Puteaux near the planned site of the Saint-Lazare station, then expected around the rue Tronchet. The station was finally built further north in the Quartier de l'Europe, so the passage lost its intended footfall. Its houses were built with stone from the demolished church of the abbey of Notre-Dame du Val.
The passage takes its name from Louis Puteaux, who built it and several of its buildings. Its original decoration includes pilasters marking six bays, with mouldings and chipped capitals still visible under the two-slope glass roof. Today the terraces of the wine bar "La Boutique des Vins" and of the bar of the boutique hotel Le Royal Madeleine occupy the walkway.
Passage Puteaux runs between Rue de l'Arcade and Rue Pasquier, opposite Rue Tronson-du-Coudray, in the 8th arrondissement. It is the shortest covered passage in Paris, so a walk-through takes only a moment. The terrace seating of La Boutique des Vins and the bar of the Royal Madeleine hotel occupy the passage, so the corridor is busiest around mealtimes.
The passage's houses were built with stone from the demolished church of the Abbey of Notre-Dame du Val, reused by promoter Louis Puteaux. Look for the six bays marked by pilasters and the chipped mouldings and capitals still visible under the two-slope glass roof.
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