Galerie Véro-Dodat
Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau - Rue du Bouloi
Quartier des Halles, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2002
“The Galerie Véro-Dodat is one of the covered passages of Paris. It is located in the 1st arrondissement, connecting the Rue de Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs. It was built in 1826. The Galerie Véro-Dodat was built in 1826 by two charcutiers, connecting the Rue du Bouloi and the Rue de Jean-Jacques Rousseau between the Palais-Royal and Les Halles. This was during the Bourbon Restoration in the early 1800s, when covered passages or galeries in Paris were growing quickly in popularity. They provided warm, dry places for the wealthy to shop and dine on rainy, muddy days. In a time before paved streets and sewers, the galleries' billiards, bistros and public baths served as a grown-up playground for the emerging middle class. At the height of their popularity in the mid 19th century, there were more than 150 passages. However, with the advent of the department store around 1850, the galleries began to decline. Today, eighteen passages remain.” (Galerie Véro-Dodat, Wikipedia)
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