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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 ...
access 1 - Rue de la Monnaie, decorated with a Dervaux candelabrum, leading to the Quai du Louvre at the corner with Rue de la Monnaie, opposite the department store La Samaritaine; access 2 - Quai du Louvre located opposite the previous one on the said quay, on the Seine side at the corner with the Pont Neuf;
Frantz Jourdain (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ts ʒuʁdɛ̃]; 3 October 1847 – 22 August 1935) was a Belgian architect and author.He is best known for La Samaritaine, an Art Nouveau department store built in the 1st arrondissement of Paris in three stages between 1904 and 1928.
The department store appeared in Paris at the end of the 19th century, and became a major feature of the early 20th century. The original La Samaritaine store was built in 1905 by architect Frantz Jourdain in the Art Nouveau style. In 1925 the store was enlarged with an Art Deco building facing the Seine, designed by Henri Sauvage.
La Semeuse de Paris was a consumer credit company owned by the La Samaritaine department store in Paris. It sold coupons to working class consumers, who paid in installments. They could spend the coupons at La Samaritaine or other stores. The Art Deco building that housed the company is now a historical monument.
The Turgot map in its assembled form. The Turgot map of Paris (French: Plan de Turgot) is a highly accurate and detailed map of the city of Paris, France, as it existed in the 1730s. The map was commissioned by Parisian municipality chief Michel-Étienne Turgot, drawn up by surveyor Louis Bretez, and engraved by Claude Lucas.
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral - Paris's 12th-century ecclesiastical centrepiece on the Île de la Cité; The Père Lachaise Cemetery - a romantic cemetery. Sainte-Chapelle - a 13th-century Gothic palace chapel, also located on the Île de la Cité; Church of St Eustache - a 16th-century Gothic church in the district of Les Halles
Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by three monarchs; Henry IV, Louis XIII, and Louis XIV, and saw the building of some of the city's most famous parks and monuments, including the Pont Neuf, the Palais Royal, the newly joined Louvre and Tuileries Palace, the Place des Vosges, and ...