La Samaritaine Reopens Its Doors On 19 June

La Samaritaine Reopens Its Doors On 19 June

A picture, taken in Paris, France on June 1, 2021, showing the Samaritaine Store. Closed since 2005, La Samaritaine reopens its doors on 19 June, bringing together under its glass roof a department store, a luxury hotel, offices, social housing and a crèche. In all, the project will have cost its owner, LVMH, 750 million. The Samaritaine was closed sixteen years ago for safety reasons, due to its dilapidation. The famous shop on Rue de Rivoli in Paris was due to reopen in 2020 for its 150th anniversary. But the pandemic has further delayed the project led by LVMH, the majority shareholder of the Samaritaine since 2001. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

La Samaritaine Reopens Its Doors On 19 June

La Samaritaine Reopens Its Doors On 19 June

A picture, taken in Paris, France on June 1, 2021, showing the Samaritaine Store. Closed since 2005, La Samaritaine reopens its doors on 19 June, bringing together under its glass roof a department store, a luxury hotel, offices, social housing and a crèche. In all, the project will have cost its owner, LVMH, 750 million. The Samaritaine was closed sixteen years ago for safety reasons, due to its dilapidation. The famous shop on Rue de Rivoli in Paris was due to reopen in 2020 for its 150th anniversary. But the pandemic has further delayed the project led by LVMH, the majority shareholder of the Samaritaine since 2001. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)