1826 – Exchange House, Paris
Architect: A.T. Brongniart & E. de Labarre
Napoleon wanted the stock exchange to be housed to reflect “the grandeur of the capital”
Napoleon wanted the stock exchange to be housed to reflect “the grandeur of the capital”
50 metres high and 45 metres wide,
Previously the site of the Bastille,
Designed in 1839, and opened in 1851,
The Saint Michel Fountain is located between the boulevard Saint-Michel and the Place Saint-André-des-Arts.
As published in The Builder, November 14 1863.
Part of the much larger Conciergerie complex,
Published in The Building News, May 15th 1874.
This is the thirteenth building to house the Paris Opera since the Opera was founded in 1669.