This bronze figure wearing winged shoes and hat is Mercury, the Roman god of trade and commerce. The mythological deity was the perfect symbol to stand above the yellow dome of the Lonja del Comercio Building. The Neoclassical structure housed the commodities and stock market when it opened at Plaza de San Francisco in 1909. Since 1996, after an extensive renovation, this building near the harbor houses international trade companies plus a restaurant named El Mecurio.
