Place de la Bourse is defined by its wide, symmetrical limestone façades that sweep along the Garonne riverfront in a grand horseshoe shape. Built between seventeen thirty and seventeen seventy-five, this square marks the moment Bordeaux broke through its cramped medieval walls to embrace the river as its commercial lifeblood. Designed by the royal architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it was originally conceived as a Place Royale to display an equestrian statue of King Louis the Fifteenth, signifying the city's wealth during the height of the Enlightenment.
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