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After the Place de la Bourse, Place de Gambetta (formerly Place Dauphine) is the most significant architectural site in Bordeaux. The main avenues converge there. It is surrounded by buildings dating from the second half of the 18th century, built in a classic style. Around 1745, the intendant of Tourny, as part of his sanitation and embellishment project of the city, ordered the creation of a place on land located west of the Dauphine and Dijeaux doors. In 1750, the Jurats contracted a loan to finance the construction and the elevation of the uniform facades of the house houses, which included a ground floor with arcades, a floor, a meal and a shame. In 1762, the architect had the Intendant Boutin approved a new decoration plan for the facades, more refined than the previous one, removing the pre-corps and balustrades, and ending with a simple entablature and filled. The place was only completed between 1770 and 1780, but its style remains that of the first half of the 18th century. At each of the angles of this rectangular square open two large avenues. The buildings have a major stone facade. On the ground floor, there is a regular arcade with boss piédroits framing the door. A mestolred with small windows is integrated into the rounding of the arcade. On the first floor, there are large French windows surmounted by sculpted and flanked by wrought iron balconies. Some buildings include a second floor.