Passage Brady
An iron-and-glass covered arcade in the 10th arrondissement, built in 1828. Known as Little India, it is lined with Indian and Pakistani restaurants and spice shops, a corner of Paris that smells of curry leaves and cardamom.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 48.8711, 2.3553
Get the Passage Brady stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Passage Brady. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Passage Brady
Centre Pompidou 1.2 km
A building worn inside out, its pipes, ducts and escalators painted in bright colours on the outside, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. Locals call it Beaubourg, and it holds one of the largest collections of modern art in Europe.
Le Marais 1.3 km
A historic district across the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of the Right Bank, once home to the aristocracy. Its narrow streets of old mansions now hold galleries, boutiques, falafel shops and some of the city's best small museums.
Musée Picasso 1.4 km
A museum in the Hôtel Salé, a 17th-century mansion in the Marais, devoted to Pablo Picasso. It holds more than 5,000 of his works, from paintings and sculpture to ceramics and notebooks, along with pieces from his own archive.
Palais Garnier 1.7 km
An opera house of 1,979 seats, built for the Paris Opera between 1861 and 1875 at the behest of Napoleon III. Behind its gilded façade lie a grand marble staircase and an auditorium with a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall.
Conciergerie 1.8 km
A former courthouse and prison on the Île de la Cité that began as part of the medieval royal palace, alongside the Sainte-Chapelle. Two great Gothic halls survive from that palace, and Marie Antoinette was held here in her last days.
Louvre Museum 1.8 km
The world's most visited art museum, housed in a royal palace on the Right Bank of the Seine. It holds the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, and in its basement the stone footings of the medieval fortress built under Philip II can still be seen.
Place des Vosges 1.9 km
The oldest planned square in Paris, laid out in the Marais in the early 17th century as the Place Royale. Matching red-brick houses with arcades enclose a garden of trees and fountains, and Victor Hugo once lived at number 6.
Sainte-Chapelle 1.9 km
A royal chapel on the Île de la Cité, built between 1238 and 1248 for King Louis IX to house the Crown of Thorns. Its upper chapel is walled almost entirely in stained glass, so that on a bright day the whole room glows with colour.
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Questions
Where is Passage Brady?
Passage Brady is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Centre Pompidou (1.2 km), Le Marais (1.3 km), Musée Picasso (1.4 km).
How do I get the Passage Brady stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Passage Brady and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Passage Brady before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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