The history of the Paris of Money: Guided tour Activity

Beware, this visit does not make money but it does enrich! :-)

For centuries, money has held as much fascination as it has repulsion for a traditionally Christian people, where enrichment was sometimes misunderstood.

This visit combines the discovery of a district and the use of money over the centuries.

From the origin of taxes and duties, the trade in indulgences by the Church, games of chance and their prohibition, the first bankruptcies, the venality of offices and positions, the punishments reserved for crimes involving money, etc...

This is why the visit takes as its backdrop the districts of the right bank where the places dedicated to money flourished: Pont aux Changes, rue de la Banque, rue des Orfèvres, Rue des Lombards, Cour des Comptes, Palais Brongniart or Bourse, Banque de France, Grands magasins, Salle des Ventes, etc.

A brief overview via the streets of Paris of its development and use over the past centuries!

• Guided tour