Place d'Armes, Central square and pedestrian zone in Namur, Belgium.

Place d'Armes is a paved square in Namur. Its main building, the Bourse de Commerce, was built from 1932 in neo-Renaissance style with a grey stone facade, a slate roof with dormer windows and a central clock tower topped by a domed cupola. A round stone turret with a pointed slate spire stands to the left, and a projecting wing on columns rests above an arched passage.

The square took shape after World War I when the original town hall was destroyed and rebuilt elsewhere. In the 1930s the square gained its current appearance with new buildings that reflected the city's modern ambitions.

The name comes from the military role of a place d'armes: a rallying ground for troops and military ceremonies. The square was already called place d'Armes in 1693, though it later became known as Grand Place. Since the 1990s the underground car park has left the surface entirely to pedestrians.

The square is paved and closed to traffic, so you cross it on foot; the underground car park dug at the end of the 1990s lies beneath it. The Bourse de Commerce stands on the square, and the streets of Marchovelette and de l'Ange lead off its corners toward the Sambre bridge and the old Saint-Rémy quarter.

The square only became a car park in the 20th century: after the 1914 fire the town hall was not rebuilt, and the new rectangular square was used for parking until the car park was moved underground in the late 1990s. The Bourse de Commerce, built from 1932 and opened in 1934, was paid for with German war reparations.