Walking through Paris lost, looking for one or another tourist trap spots, we were constantly seeing this building and wondering just what it was. It seemed to hover amid the buildings like a UFO. Cool story about the tower, sorry I missed that part when I was there. Thanks for the information in your article. 🙂
[…] The old Bourse du Commerce or commodities market on Rue du Louvre. Everyone wonders what the big rotunda is but they don’t realize you can go inside. It’s now part of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and has beautiful frescoes on the wall depicting the four seasons. You can read more about the Bourse du Commerce here. […]
[…] Auguste at the end of the 12th century to protect Paris while he was off at the Crusades. We have vestiges near us as well, but they are not nearly as imposing as […]
[…] renovation. If you go past, just drop in. It’s now the Chamber of Commerce. The dome has a wonderful series of murals and if you stand right in the centre of the room, your voice will be heard everywhere. Note the […]
[…] to Catherine de Medicis’s personal astrologer, I suddenly realise the connection with the Astrological Tower near the old Commodities Market (Bourse du Commerce) in Paris where we used to […]
Walking through Paris lost, looking for one or another tourist trap spots, we were constantly seeing this building and wondering just what it was. It seemed to hover amid the buildings like a UFO. Cool story about the tower, sorry I missed that part when I was there. Thanks for the information in your article. 🙂
Next time you’ll be able to go in!
[…] The old Bourse du Commerce or commodities market on Rue du Louvre. Everyone wonders what the big rotunda is but they don’t realize you can go inside. It’s now part of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and has beautiful frescoes on the wall depicting the four seasons. You can read more about the Bourse du Commerce here. […]
[…] Bourse du Commerce is beautiful inside as […]
[…] can see the Bourse du Commerce (Commodities Market) in the back […]
[…] Auguste at the end of the 12th century to protect Paris while he was off at the Crusades. We have vestiges near us as well, but they are not nearly as imposing as […]
[…] renovation. If you go past, just drop in. It’s now the Chamber of Commerce. The dome has a wonderful series of murals and if you stand right in the centre of the room, your voice will be heard everywhere. Note the […]
[…] to Catherine de Medicis’s personal astrologer, I suddenly realise the connection with the Astrological Tower near the old Commodities Market (Bourse du Commerce) in Paris where we used to […]