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The Saint-Hubert Galleries (aka Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen in Dutch and Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in French) is a glazed shopping arcade located in Brussels, Belgium. This shopping mall beat several other famous ones (Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and The Passage in St Petersburg) in terms of taking the lead in this innovative approach to commerce. It's interesting to note that between 1820 and 1880 seven of these covered shopping galleries were built in Brussels. Unfortunately only three survived - the St. Hubert gallery, the Bortier gallery and the Northern Passage. Most of the galleries had shops on the ground level and living quarters on the second level.

The first true gallery of this type was built in Paris in 1786 more or less by accident. It was rather primitive and noted as a meeting place for lots of people, and some with shady reputations. The gallery got a bad rep and was replaced in 1830 by the Orleans gallery. By now the rich loved the idea of a covered shopping mall and they took off with a vengence. A new gallery was planned for St. Hubert street in 1846 and the architect was Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar. A year later on June 20th, 1847 the gallery was open and had two major parts the Galerie du Roi and the Galerie de la reine, and included the Galerie du Prince. Interesting note: this is the first time a roof construction with glass and metal of these large dimensions was built in Belgium.

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