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La Samaritaine (French pronunciation: [la samaʁitɛn]) is a large department store in the first arrondissement of Paris; the nearest metro station is Pont-Neuf. [1] Founded in 1870 by Ernest Cognacq it is now owned by the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. [2] The store was a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1985 ...
Since 2005 and the closure of the La Samaritaine department store for long renovation and reconstruction works, the number of visitors to the metro station has decreased from 1.68 million admissions, before the closure (from September 2004 to June 2005), to 1.32 million admissions, after it (from September 2005 to June 2006).
La Samaritaine at the corner of rue du Pont-Neuf and rue de Rivoli. Ernest Cognacq hired Marie-Louise Jaÿ as his sales assistant, and they married on 17 February 1872. She added 20,000 francs to his savings of 5,000 francs. [4] The couple worked hard and saved, and managed to buy the shop, now called La Samaritaine. [5]
PARIS — The newly renovated Samaritaine houses a wonderland of beauty. Sprawling more than 36,600 square feet on the minus-one level of the department store, it is the largest floor selling ...
OPEN DOORS: It turns out the reopening of La Samaritaine remains a moving target. Having announced that the Right Bank department store would open its doors on June 19, following a 750-million ...
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The department store La Samaritaine at 13 rue de la Monnaie (1st arr.) on the right bank of the Seine, was designed Frantz Jourdain and opened in 1905. It had a stylized Art Nouveau exterior and glass-covered interior court. A second building in Art Deco style by Henri Sauvage was added in 1926. The original building was entirely remodeled in ...
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron joined luxury magnate Bernard Arnault on Monday to inaugurate the La Samaritaine department store, marking the culmination of a 16-year renovation ...