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After the Place de la Bourse, Place de Gambetta (formerly Place Dauphine) is the largest urban architectural ensemble in Bordeaux. It is a point of convergence for the main avenues. It is surrounded by buildings dating from the second half of the 18th century, built according to conventional rules. Around 1745, the Intendant Tourny, as part of his mission of sanitation and embellishment of the city, ordered the creation of a place on land located west of the Dauphine and Dijeaux doors. In 1750, the Jurats borrowed to establish and build the uniform facades of the houses in the square, including a ground floor in arcades, a floor, an attic and a shame. In 1762, the architect obtained the approval of the Intendant Boutin for a new plan to decorate the facades, less complex than the previous one. This new design planned to remove the pre-corps and the balustrades, by replacing everything with a simple entablature and a shame. The square was only completed between 1770 and 1780, but it retained the style of the first half of the 18th century. At each corner of this rectangular square open two important routes. The buildings have a major stone facade. On the ground floor, there is a regular arcade with boss piédroits framing the entrance. A mestolred with small windows is integrated into the rounding of the arcade. On the first floor, large French windows are surmounted by sculpted mascarons with wrought iron balconies. Some buildings have a second floor.