Passage du Havre is one of the

covered passages of Paris The covered passages of Paris (french: Passages couverts de Paris) are an early form of shopping arcade built in Paris, France primarily during the first half of the 19th century. By the 1867 there were approximately 183 covered passages in Paris bu ...

. Formerly geared towards

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shops and

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(

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, La Maison du Train), the arcade was rebuilt in the late 1990s as a modern mall at the time as the construction of Paris'

RER E RER E is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The RER E line travels between Paris and eastern subur ...

underground railway line, to welcome new shops more in keeping with the ''Quartier de l'Opéra-Saint Lazare'', the heart of Paris major business district. The passage is near

Gare Saint-Lazare The Gare Saint-Lazare (English: St Lazarus station), officially Paris-Saint-Lazare, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It serves train services toward Normandy, northwest of Paris, along the Paris–Le Hav ...

and opposite the Hilton Paris Opera (the station's hotel). It begins at Place du Havre and leads onto

Rue de Caumartin The Rue de Caumartin in the 9th arrondissement of Paris received its name from Antoine-Louis Lefebvre de Caumartin, marquis de Saint-Ange, Comte de Moret (1725-1803), who was prévôt des marchands (1778-1784). He gave the authorization to open the ...

where it ends. The shopping centre is owned and maintained by Eurocommercial Properties N.V..

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Streets in the 9th arrondissement of Paris Covered passages of Paris Buildings and structures in the 9th arrondissement of Paris 1845 establishments in France {{Paris-road-stub

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