Wine warehouses of Bercy

The wine warehouses of Bercy are defined by their forty-two white limestone storehouses, which stand today in a long, pedestrianized row known as the Cour Saint-Émilion. Designed by the architect Louis-Ernest Lheureux in the nineteenth century, these buildings feature thick stone walls, heavy timber beams, and arched doorways that once allowed barrels to be rolled directly from the Seine quays and into storage. You can still see the original iron wagon rails embedded in the cobblestones, a reminder of the industrial scale of this former marketplace.