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Histoire de Paris

La Bourse
A l’emplacement du couvent des Filles-Saint-Thomas, vaste monastère étendu de la rue Saint-Augustin à la rue Feydeau, débute en 1808 la construction de la Bourse des valeurs, sur les plans de Brongniart. Avant son inauguration le 4 novembre 1826 dans ses locaux actuels la Bourse de Paris existait depuis 1724, logée dans la galerie Vivienne du palais Mazarin jusqu’en 1793, puis au Louvre, au Palais-Royal, à l’intérieur de l’église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires de 1796 à 1809, de nouveau au Palais-Royal et, à partir de 1818, dans un bâtiment du couvent des Filles-Saint- Thomas situé rue Feydeau Le palais de la Bourse a aussi hébergé le Tribunal de Commerce de 1826 å 1864 et la Chambre de Commerce de Paris de 1826 à 1853.

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One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign depicts the French Stock Exchange building

The stock exchange building was photographed that day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image
and on its back side Click for a larger image

The illustration in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

The Stock Exchange
On the site of the convent of the Filles-Saint-Thomas, a vast monastery extending from rue Saint-Augustin to rue Feydeau, the construction of the Stock Exchange began in 1808, based on plans by Brongniart. Before its inauguration on November 4, 1826 in its current premises, the Paris Stock Exchange had existed since 1724, housed in the Vivienne gallery of the Palais Mazarin until 1793, then at the Louvre, at the Palais-Royal, inside the Notre -Dame-des-Victoires from 1796 to 1809, again at the Palais-Royal and, from 1818, in a building of the convent of the Filles-Saint-Thomas located rue Feydeau The Palais de la Bourse also housed the Commercial Court from 1826 to 1864 and the Paris Chamber of Commerce from 1826 to 1853.
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