Stock Exchange, Antwerp

The Handelsbeurs in Antwerp, the street entrance with "ANNO 1872" carved in its gable. The first exchange on this site went up in 1531, designed by Domien de Waghemakere, and merchants dealt in goods and bills under its Gothic arcades long before company shares existed. It burned in 1583 and again in 1858, and Jos Schudde largely recreated the Gothic original in 1872. Its influence traveled: Thomas Gresham modeled London's Royal Exchange on Antwerp's bourse. After a restoration from 2016 to 2019, the hall reopened with shops in its arcades.