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Monuments
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ARC DE TRIOMPHE
Monument built in honour of the French Army and inaugurated... |
CONCIERGERIE
This important vestige of the Capetian Palace is a... |
HOTEL DE VILLE
Seat of the Paris City Council. The first municipality was... |
MUSEE DU LOUVRE
The Louvre Museum presents collections of western art from... |
PANTHEON
Masterpiece by Soufflot (1713-1780) and former church, the... |
SAINTE CHAPELLE
Jewel of gothic architecture, the Sainte Chapelle was built... |
TOUR EIFFEL
The most famous monument in the world (324 metres, 10 100... |
PONT NEUF
The Pont-Neuf is the oldest of Paris bridges and the first... |
MUSEE D'ORSAY
The Orsay Railway Station, built by architect Victor Laloux,... |
Champs-Élysées
The glamour of the Champs-Élysées, particularly its upper... |
La Defense
"La Defense", whose lines can be followed to the Arc de... |
Notre-Dame
The cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic art, has witnessed... |
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Bourse De Paris (galerie Des Visiteurs De La) - Palais Brongniart
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Description
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The Brongniart Palace houses a gallery dedicated to the Stock Exchange and its role in the economy. Architect : A. Brongniart (1808-1825).
Napoleon ordered the creation of the Bourse, which is situated between the Palais Royal and the Grands Boulevards in the commercial center of Paris. He enlisted the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (1739-1813) who was known for his designs of private homes, a theater and of the Hôtel de Condé. The Bourse was the final work of Brongniart begun in 1807 and completed in 1825. Although he made all of the designs, he died in 1813 and another architect, Labarre succeeded him in the project.
The architecture of the Bourse is both impressive and imposing. There are sixty four columns on the outside of the building in the classical Greek style. The columns surround the construction like a Greek temple. It is a Corinthian peristyle which signifies the imperial glory, and these columns are more than ten meters high. On the inside, there are arches which seem Gothic or perhaps roman and which evoke the memory of grand European empires, like that of Napoleon the first.
The Bourse remains in use today
Website:
Rue Vivienne , 75002 Paris
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