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The Place de la Bourse is an 18th-century royal square on the Garonne quays, designed by Jacques Gabriel and completed by his son Ange-Jacques Gabriel between 1730 and 1775. The former stock exchange and the Hôtel des Fermes frame the Three Graces fountain of 1869, and across the quay the Miroir d'eau, a granite slab under two centimetres of water, reflects the facades.

The Place des Quinconces is a 12-hectare square laid out in the early 19th century on the site of the demolished Château Trompette, named after the quincunx pattern of its trees. At one end stands the Monument aux Girondins (1894–1902), a 54-metre column with bronze fountains; at the other, two rostral columns of 1829 face the Garonne.