Passage Sarget
by Georgia Clare
Title
Passage Sarget
Artist
Georgia Clare
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Fine art black and white photograph Passage Sarget by Georgia Fowler.
Tucked away in amongst the busy thoroughfares of Bordeaux are a couple of covered arcades which offer a time capsule glimpse into the shopping malls of bygone times.
This is one of the entrances to the elegant Passage Sarget, which connects Place du Chapelet with Cours de l�Intendance. It was opened in 1878 and the arcade is named after Baron Sarget, a local dignitary who funded its construction.
In 1917, Passage Sarget was purchased by the wine trader Nicolas D�sir�-Cordier. Only two years later he sold it on to the city of Bordeaux for 1 million francs. The city wanted to acquire the passageway because pedestrians far preferred walking through the arcade to the road that runs parallel, Rue Martignac, which was considered unsafe at the time.
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May 16th, 2016
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