Underground & cool · Department-store experience · €
La Samaritaine
Reopened in 2021 after sixteen years dark, restored by LVMH. Frantz Jourdain's Art Nouveau hall keeps its wrought-iron staircase, enamelled-lava signage and the Jourdain peacock fresco — 115 metres of painted birds running below the glass roof.
Walk in purely to see the peacock frieze and the central staircase under the glass roof; no purchase expected.
Address9 rue de la Monnaie, 75001 Paris
Arrondissement1e
Price€ · Free to admire the architecture
HoursDaily 10am–8pm
Verified openJune 2026
Websitedfs.com/en/samaritaine ↗
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