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North & Western Europe

From the medieval Lonja of Valencia to the neoclassical Paris Bourse and the Nordic bourses of Stockholm and Copenhagen, North and Western Europe's exchanges trace the birth of modern finance through centuries of architectural innovation.

104 exchanges
Exchange City Country Established Style
Akrotiri: Triangle Square and the West House Akrotiri (Thera / Santorini) Greece 17th century BCE Late Cycladic / Bronze Age Aegean town
Forum of Pompeii Pompeii Italy 7th century BC Roman Forum
Port of Piraeus (Deigma) Piraeus Greece 5th century BC Ancient Greek port complex
Roman London Forum-Basilica London England c. 70 AD Roman Imperial
Palermo Arab-Norman Markets Palermo Italy c. 9th century CE Arab-Norman commercial architecture
Venice Rialto Square Venice Italy c. 1097 Renaissance / Venetian commercial vernacular
Stourbridge Fair (Stourbridge Common) and its Leper Chapel Cambridge United Kingdom Chartered 1199; first held 1211 Romanesque (Norman)
Strasbourg Commodity Exchange Strasbourg France Medieval Renaissance Revival
Toulouse Bourse des Marchands Toulouse France 1549 Neoclassical
Steelyard of the Hanseatic League (Stalhof) London England c. 1320 Medieval / Hanseatic
Barcelona Grain Exchange Barcelona Spain 14th century Gothic
Bryggen — Hanseatic Kontor of Bergen (Tyskebryggen) Bergen Norway Kontor established c. 1350; surviving timber buildings rebuilt after the 1702 fire Hanseatic vernacular timber (northern "fondaco")
Merchant Adventurers' Hall York England 1357 Medieval Timber-Framed
Bologna Merchants' Exchange (Palazzo della Mercanzia / Foro dei Mercanti) Bologna Italy 1382-1391 Italian Gothic (brick-and-stone, with Romanesque-Lombard and classical elements)
Llotja de Mar (Barcelona Maritime Exchange) Barcelona Spain 1392 Gothic interior / Neoclassical exterior
Genoa Palazzo San Giorgio (Casa di San Giorgio) Genoa Italy 1407 Renaissance
Fairs of Medina del Campo (Ferias generales del reino de Castilla) Medina del Campo Spain Early 15th century; declared "General Fairs of the Kingdom" c. 1491 Castilian Renaissance with Mudéjar influence (market hall); arcaded brick Plaza Mayor
Lonja of Palma de Mallorca Mallorca Spain 1426 Late Gothic (Catalan Gothic)
Ancona Merchants' Loggia (Loggia dei Mercanti) Ancona Italy Begun 1442; facade 1451-1459 Adriatic Renaissance / Venetian Florid Gothic, with Mannerist interior
Antwerp Stock Exchange (Antwerpse Beurs) Antwerp Belgium 1531 Gothic
Antwerp Old Exchange (Oud Beurs van Antwerpen) Antwerp Belgium 1531 Late Gothic / Renaissance
Lyon Stock Exchange (Bourse de Lyon) Lyon France 1540 Second Empire
Lonja de Zaragoza (La Lonja, the Old Merchants' Exchange) Zaragoza Spain 1541 Aragonese Renaissance with Mudéjar elements
Florence Mercantile Exchange (Loggia del Mercato Nuovo) Florence Italy 1547 Renaissance
Hamburg Stock Exchange (Hamburger Börse) Hamburg Germany 1558 Neoclassical
Royal Exchange London England 1565 Neoclassical / Roman Corinthian
Casa Lonja de Mercaderes (General Archive of the Indies) Seville Spain 1583–1598 (built); merchant guild of the Carrera de Indias Spanish Renaissance (Herreran / estilo herreriano)
Zürich Grain Exchange (Kornhaus) Zürich Switzerland 1616 Renaissance
Copenhagen Børsen Copenhagen Denmark 1619-1640 Dutch Renaissance
Copenhagen Børsen (Børsbygningen) Copenhagen Denmark 1640 Dutch Renaissance
Palais de la Bourse of Nantes (Palais Crucy) Nantes France first bourse 1641; current Palais Crucy designed 1790, completed 1815 Neoclassical (néo-grec)
Old Stock Exchange of Lille (La Vieille Bourse) Lille France 1652–1653 (built); securities exchange opened 1861 Flemish Renaissance (Spanish Netherlands)
Berlin Stock Exchange Berlin Germany 1685 Neo-Renaissance (1863 building)
Rotterdam Stock Exchange (Beurs Rotterdam) Rotterdam Netherlands 1720 Functionalist / Modernist (pre-war)
The Exchange, Bristol (Bristol Exchange) Bristol United Kingdom 1741-1743 Palladian (Georgian)
London Corn Exchange London UK 1747 Neoclassical, Italianate
Bordeaux Stock Exchange (Place de la Bourse) Bordeaux France 1749 Classical / Louis XV
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Meurthe-et-Moselle (Chambre de commerce, salle de la Bourse), Nancy Nancy France 1754 (exchange function); building 1906-1909 Art Nouveau (École de Nancy)
Trieste Commodity Exchange Trieste Italy 1755 (commodity exchange by Maria Theresa); building 1802—1806 Neoclassical
Paris Bourse de Commerce Paris France 1763 (as Halle aux Blés) Large dome, frescoes depicting commerce history, originally a grain exchange.
Lisbon Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa) Lisbon Portugal 1769 Neoclassical
Stockholm Stock Exchange (Börshuset) Stockholm Sweden 1776 Neoclassical / Gustavian
Naples Stock Exchange (Palazzo della Borsa di Napoli) Naples Italy 1778 (founded by royal decree; Palazzo della Borsa built 1894-1899) Neo-Renaissance (eclectic)
The Piece Hall (Halifax Cloth Hall) Halifax United Kingdom 1779 Georgian neoclassical
Belfast Linen Exchange (White Linen Hall) Belfast Northern Ireland 1784 Georgian
Commodity Exchange of Le Havre (Bourse de commerce du Havre) Le Havre France 1784 (first exchange); futures markets from 1871 Renaissance/Beaux-Arts (1880); reinforced-concrete structural classicism of the Perret reconstruction (1957)
Dublin Stock Exchange Dublin Ireland 1793 Varied
London Stock Exchange London UK 1801 Classical / Modern
Rome Stock Exchange (Borsa di Roma) Rome Italy 1802 Roman Imperial (2nd century AD temple, adapted 19th century)
Liverpool Corn Exchange Liverpool UK 1807 Neoclassical (1808); Modernist (1953–59)
Borsa Italiana Milan Italy 1808 Rationalist
Bergen Exchange (Bergen Børs / Børsbygningen i Bergen) Bergen Norway 1813 Late Neoclassical, rebuilt Neo-Renaissance
Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs) Oslo Norway 1819 Neoclassical
Cork Stock Exchange Cork Ireland 1820 Traditional Irish
Paris Bourse (Palais Brongniart) Paris France 1826 Neoclassical
Munich Stock Exchange (Börse München) Munich Germany 1830 Wilhelminian Neo-Baroque (Alte Börse); Neo-Renaissance (Künstlerhaus)
Madrid Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Madrid) Madrid Spain 1831 Neoclassical
Porto Stock Exchange (Palácio da Bolsa) Porto Portugal 1842 Neoclassical / Moorish Revival (Arab Room)
Edinburgh Stock Exchange Edinburgh Scotland 1844 Varied
Glasgow Stock Exchange Glasgow Scotland 1844 Venetian Gothic
Aberdeen Stock Exchange Aberdeen Scotland 1845 Traditional Scottish
Gothenburg Bourse (Börsen) Gothenburg Sweden 1849 (opened); cornerstone 1844 Neoclassical (late Empire)
Turin Stock Exchange (Borsa di Torino) Turin Italy 1850 Neoclassical / Piedmontese Baroque
Corn Exchange, Nottingham Nottingham United Kingdom 1850 Italianate
Genoa Loggia di Banchi (Loggia della Mercanzia) Genoa Italy 1855 (exchange); loggia built 1589–1595 Late Renaissance (Mannerist)
Geneva Stock Exchange Geneva Switzerland 1857 Neoclassical
Marseille Palais de la Bourse Marseille France 1860s Second Empire / Renaissance Revival
Palais de la Bourse Marseille France 1860 Second Empire / Neoclassical
Mannheim Exchange (Mannheimer Börse / Produktenbörse) Mannheim Germany 1862 Neo-Baroque
Chemnitz Exchange (Chemnitzer Börse) Chemnitz Germany 1862 (Börsenverein); building inaugurated 1867 Neo-Renaissance (Renaissance Revival)
Leeds Corn Exchange Leeds UK 1864 Victorian
Wool Exchange, Bradford Bradford United Kingdom 1864 Venetian Gothic / Gothic Revival
Basel Stock Exchange Basel Switzerland 1866 Renaissance Revival
Vienna Agricultural Products Exchange (Wiener Produktenbörse / Börse für landwirtschaftliche Produkte) Vienna Austria 1869 Late historicist (French Renaissance / Neo-Baroque)
Bremen Cotton Exchange (Bremer Baumwollbörse) Bremen Germany 1872 Historicist / Gründerzeit
Brussels Stock Exchange (Bourse de Bruxelles) Brussels Belgium 1873 Eclectic
Zurich Stock Exchange (SIX Swiss Exchange) Zurich Switzerland 1873 Modernist
Lausanne Stock Exchange Lausanne Switzerland 1873 Beaux-Arts
Doncaster Corn Exchange Doncaster UK 1873 Neoclassical / Victorian Classical
Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge UK 1875 Florentine Gothic
Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse) Vienna Austria 1877 Neoclassical
Zurich Stock Exchange (original) (Börsenstrasse) Zurich Switzerland 1877 Neo-Renaissance
Dundee Stock Exchange Dundee Scotland 1879 Traditional Scottish
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) Frankfurt Germany 1879 Renaissance Revival
Alte Handelsbörse (Old Trade Exchange) Leipzig Germany 1884 Baroque (Dutch-Italian)
Bern Stock Exchange (Berner Börse) Bern Switzerland 1884 Swiss Eclectic / Neo-Renaissance
Genoa Grain Exchange Genoa Italy 1886 Eclectic
Coal Exchange (Coal and Shipping Exchange) Cardiff United Kingdom 1884–1888 French Renaissance Revival
Bilbao Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Bilbao) Bilbao Spain 1890 Eclectic / Modernismo with Baroque Revival
Manchester Corn Exchange Manchester UK 1897 Victorian
Ghent Stock Exchange / Handelsbeurs (Handelsbeurs van Gent) Ghent Belgium 1900 Rococo (core); eclectic remodelling
Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Beurs van Berlage) Amsterdam Netherlands 1602 Early 20th-century Dutch
Edinburgh Corn Exchange Edinburgh Scotland 1909 Scots Jacobean
Helsinki Stock Exchange (Helsingin Pörssi) Helsinki Finland 1912 National Romantic / Art Nouveau
Iceland Stock Exchange (Kauphöll Íslands / Nasdaq Iceland) Reykjavík Iceland Modern Modern glass-curtain-wall commercial
Canary Wharf Financial District London United Kingdom 1991 Postmodern / Late Modern
Zurich Stock Exchange (current) / SIX Swiss Exchange Zurich Switzerland 1995 Late Modernist / Corporate Contemporary
LSE Data Center (Basildon) Basildon UK 2011 Electronic / Data Center
Bourse at Bruges Bruges Belgium 1285
Lonja de Valencia Valencia Spain 1483
Champagne Fairs (Foires de Champagne) Troyes France c. 1150 Medieval
Bourse des Marchands (Palais des Consuls) Rouen France 1556 Classical
Fondaco dei Tedeschi Venice Italy 1228 Renaissance
Banco Rosso (Red Bank) Venice Italy 1516 Medieval