Location: 6 Rue des Petits-Champs, 75002 Paris, Paris.
Built in 1826, Galerie Colbert rivals Galerie Vivienne with its stunning glass rotunda topped by a cupola. Features monumental Corinthian columns and classical statuary. Now houses the National Institute of Art History and National Heritage Institute library. A architectural masterpiece of Restoration Paris.
Period recorded for this site: 19th century.
Theme: Iconic Shops.
Coordinates: 48.86667, 2.33778.
This plaque is a stop on these walks: Historic Passages & Arcades of Paris, Covered Passages Quick Tour, Secret Passages Treasure Hunt, Shaded Heart of Paris.
On Historic Passages & Arcades of Paris: Galerie Colbert (1826), with stunning glass rotunda and classical columns, now home to National Institute of Art History.
On Covered Passages Quick Tour: Galerie Colbert, the neoclassical passage with its grand rotunda, now part of the national library.
On Secret Passages Treasure Hunt: 🏛️ Cross to Galerie Colbert, the "rival" passage! 🔎 TREASURE HUNT: Find the giant glass dome in the middle - it's called a rotunda. Story time: These passages were like the shopping malls of the 1800s, where fancy Parisians came to shop and gossip!
On Shaded Heart of Paris: Adjoining Galerie Vivienne, Galerie Colbert (1826) offers a stunning glass rotunda and classical columns—an architectural masterpiece that stays deliciously cool year-round.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Jean Cocteau (77 m); Colette (84 m); Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (85 m); Colette (99 m); Jacques Charon (100 m).