Marché de la Place Broglie

This guide to the Marche de la Place Broglie in Strasbourg traces the square's six centuries under a different name, Rossmarck, when horse traders worked this ground before it was even inside the city walls. It follows the trade's shift to grain in the 1700s, the small shops called the Petites Boutiques that rose in its place, and the soldier, Marshal de Broglie, who planted the promenade and left it his family's name. Stand here on a Wednesday or Friday, when stalls sell mirabelle plums, heirloom tomatoes and roast chickens, on the same churned ground the horse dealers once worked.