Magasin du Printemps - Paris, France
N 48° 52.445 E 002° 19.708
31U E 450759 N 5413675
The Printemps is a large department store in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Waymark Code: WMN12V
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 12/05/2014
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"Printemps ("spring" (season) in French) is a French department store (French: grand magasin, literally "big store"). The Printemps stores focus on beauty, lifestyle, fashion, accessories, and men's wear.
The flagship Printemps store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris along with other well-known department stores like Galeries Lafayette.
The figures of the Four Seasons on the façade were sculpted by French sculptor Henri Chapu. Jaluzot was replaced as owner in 1900 by Gustave Laguionie, after the business came close to collapse. In the early 20th century, the building was then extended along the Boulevard Haussmann by architect René Binet in an art nouveau style. The building burned down, and its interior was rebuilt in the 1920s.
A remarkable feature of the Haussmann store is an elaborate cupola above the main restaurant in the store, installed during the 1923 reconstruction. In 1939, to avoid the risk that it would be destroyed in bombing attacks, the cupola was dismantled and stored at Clichy. It was restored in 1973 by the grandson of its original designer, using plans that had been kept in the archives of the family business. In 1975, the façade and cupola of the building were registered as historical monuments."
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