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 ARCHITECTURE.
BORDEAUX WINE

If the city of Paris and French wine had a baby, it would be Bordeaux. Beautiful architecture, delicious cuisine, and wine everywhere you look.

The Pont de Pierre was not the first attempt at a bridge across the river, but it was the first successful one.
1822 – Pont de Pierre, or Stone Bridge.

See Bordeaux, the La belle endormie. The “sleeping beauty” is a perfect description of Bordeaux. Beautiful, but out of sight in southwest France. The Romans were here. Unfortunately, much of their architecture does not survive. However, they replace it with other architecture worth seeing. The city seems to have at least one example of every architectural style from the last 600 years.

The cuisine has to keep up with the local wines. Treasures from local rivers and the nearby ocean and the freshest farm to table ingredients rise to the occasion.

You can not mention Bordeaux and not also say wine. Grapevines are surrounding the city. They’re on the left-bank and the right-bank, as well as nearby Graves, Medoc, and Saint-Emilion.

See Bordeaux and why it is a feast for all the senses.

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See Bordeaux Architecture.

The architecture of Place de la Bourse is similar to the Place de la Concorde and Place Vendôme in Paris.
The 18th-century Neoclassical architecture of the Place de la Bourse.

 

see Bordeaux and the Medieval Château du Hâ. It was built at the end of the 100 year war.
1453 – Medieval Château du Hâ.

 

The Grosse Cloche is one of Bordeaux's best known medieval sites. It has been added on to over the years.
1759 – Medieval the Grosse Cloche

 

The problem with building and rebuilding a church over hundreds of years is styles change.
14th-Century Angevin Gothic and Romanesque Bordeaux Cathedral.

 

Porte Cailhau was once the main gate to the city.
1495 – Gothic Porte Cailhau.

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As you will see Bordeaux's Baroque and Romanesque-style were very popular through the 1700s.
1745 Baroque and Romanesque-style Église Notre-Dame.

 

The Palais Rohan was originally a private residence before becoming the Town Hall.see Bordeaux's wonderful architecture.
The Baroque-style Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) building is a copy. The Nazis destroying the original in WWII.

 

 

see Bordeaux's La Cite du Vin (City of Wine) a multimedia event building with a glass walled bar on the top floor.
2016 – See Bordeaux from the Modern La Cite du Vin.

 

The new courthouses are built on the perimeter of the former prison.                                                 1998 – The modern Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) (Courthouses).

 

At every turn, there is incredible architecture to see. Old, new, simple, and intricate, the styles all blend like a beautiful puzzle. Remember to watch where you are walking as it is tempting to keep looking up.

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See Bourdeaux Wine Country.

The hills are alive with grapevines, wineries, and chateauxs.

Saint-Émilion has numerous Grand Crus wines. It is one of the best known regions in Bordeaux.
Saint-Émilion. Red wines and macaroons.

 

Wine producers such as the Chateau Lafite-Rothschild in Medoc, are world famous.                                                  Medoc produces some of the best (and most expensive) wines of Bordeaux.

 

Chateau d'Yquem, in Sauternes is one of many wineries making white Sauterne wines.
A Chateau in Sauternes, the Graves wine region of Bordeaux.

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