Famous Biography» Paris http://www.famousbiography.net Read the Best, Forget the Rest Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:27:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Catherine Hayes in Paris Arcades http://www.famousbiography.net/catherine-hayes/catherine-hayes-in-paris-arcades http://www.famousbiography.net/catherine-hayes/catherine-hayes-in-paris-arcades#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:37:45 +0000 admin http://www.famousbiography.net/catherine-hayes/catherine-hayes-in-paris-arcades

 

Catherine Hayes would have been familiar with the 19c arcades in Paris. They were very popular for shopping and socialising since they provided shelter from the elements and a clean tiled floor to walk on. At the height of their popularity, there were over 150 of them providing short cuts linking the streets of central Paris. Some would have been lost in the Haussmann reconstruction which occurred after Catherine Hayes left Paris in 1844 but she would have seen the effects on her later visits which ended in 1860. Relatively few remain today and a selection of those is shown above. Well worth visiting especially on a rainy day.

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