Name of Shop: La Samaritaine
La Samaritaine is one of the oldest (133 years) and largest (32,000 sqm of commercial floor space) chain-department store in Paris. A panoramic terrace on the 11th and top floor, situated 74 metres above street level offers an outstanding 360 degree view.
La Samaritaine owes its name to the hydraulic pump installed near the
Pont-Neuf and which operated from 1609 to 1813. On the front of the pump was a gilded bas-relief showing the good Samaritan talking to the Christ at Jacob's well.
Located between the
Louvre and
Notre-Dame,
La Samaritaine is in fact an architectural monument in which Art Nouveau and Art Déco blend harmoniously.
Frantz Jourdain (1847-1935), an avant-garde artist of his time and enamoured of Art Nouveau, was the main architect, assisted by his friend and partner
Henri Sauvage, who designed many of the Art Déco elements in the building, an architectural style of which he was very fond.
What To Buy: Clothes, jewellery, perfumes, furniture & accessories, sport equipment etc.
What To Pay: 100 - 500 EUR
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Theme: Department Store
Phone: +33 1 40 41 20 20
Address: 19, Rue de la Monnaie, Paris
Directions:
Metro : Pont-Neuf, Louvre-Rivoli and Chatelet stations
RER : Chatelet / Les Halles station
Bus : lines 21, 24, 27, 38, 47, 58, 67, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 81, 85 and 96
Bateaubus : Quai du Louvre stop (5 April to 2 November)
Website: www.lasamaritaine.com
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on May 11, 2004
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