Bourse Palace
| Bourse Palace | |
|---|---|
Front view of the Bourse Palace seen from the Place de la Bourse/Beursplein | |
Interactive map of the Bourse Palace area | |
| Alternative names | Brussels Stock Exchange building |
| General information | |
| Type | Stock exchange |
| Architectural style | |
| Location | Place de la Bourse / Beursplein, 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′53″N 4°21′01″E / 50.84806°N 4.35028°E |
| Construction started | 1868 |
| Completed | 1873 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Léon-Pierre Suys |
| Designations | Protected (19/11/1986) |
| Website | |
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| References | |
The Bourse Palace (French: Palais de la Bourse; Dutch: Beurspaleis), often simply called the Bourse (French: la Bourse; Dutch: de Beurs), is a former stock exchange building in Brussels, Belgium. It was previously the seat of the Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE). Since 2023, its upper floors have housed the Belgian Beer World museum.
Designed by the architect Léon-Pierre Suys, in an eclectic style mixing borrowings from neo-Renaissance and Second Empire architecture, the building was erected from 1868 to 1873 on the site of the former Butter Market, itself built over a former Franciscan convent whose remains have been unearthed. It is located on the Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan, and is the namesake of the Place de la Bourse/Beursplein, which is, after the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, the second most important square in Brussels. This area is served by the premetro (underground tram) station Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt on lines 4 and 10.