Galerie d'Orléans en 1840 - Engraving, Public domain image
Summary
Located in the Palais Royal, the Galerie d'Orléans was built in 1829 in place of the Galeries de Bois, and extended across the interior court of the Palais. Its cover consisted of a glass roof (shown here) and it was said to be the most architecturally spectacular of all of the arcades at the time. However, due to its relatively poor location and competition with other arcades, the Galerie d'Orléans was one of the least successful arcades of the nineteenth century. It was partially demolished in 1935 in an attempt to restore life to the Palais-Royal, leaving an open courtyard in the first arrondissement.
Tags
france
paris
1840 in paris
engravings of palais royal by theodor hoffbauer
galerie d orleans paris
lithographs of paris
brown university library
prints
high resolution
Date
1875 - 1882
Source
Brown University Library
Link
Copyright info
public domain