photo dump, pt. 2: Quinconces et Place de la Bourse

Alright, here's place number 2: Quinconces et Place de la Bourse. I know very little about the historical significance....but Wikipedia does! According to Wikipedia, "The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is the largest city square in Europe (approximately 31 acres or 126,000 m²)." It also has a very famous statue, with much symbolism and historical significance (I would write more on the subject, and really prove to you that I know art history, but I have done a lot of typing, and am not in the mood to expand....) Also, there was very little said about Place de la Bourse, except that "Place de la Bourse(1730–1775), [was] designed by the Royal architect Jacques Ange Gabriel as landscape for an equestrian statue of Louis XV." I also have a picture of the river that runs right along Place de la Bourse and a very pretty bridge, and the circus in the Place des Quinconces... Alright. Photo time!