Palais Brongniart

The Palais Brongniart is a building in Paris that was built at the direction of Napoleon in the early 19th century to house the Paris stock exchange. It is located at the Place de la Bourse, in the 2nd arrondissement in central Paris. It was named after its initial architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, who died in 1813 prior to its completion. The Palais Brongniart is nowadays used as an events centre, since the trading floor relocated in 1987, followed in 2004 by the last financial institution that was still housed there.