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Bordeaux is a world capital of wine: [10] many châteaux and vineyards stand on the hillsides of the Gironde, and the city is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo. Bordeaux is also one of the centers of gastronomy [11] and business tourism for the organization of international
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bordeaux, France This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
At level 1, there are eighteenth century pieces (Atlantic trade and slavery), world cultures, nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Bordeaux port-e-du monde, 1800–1939). [13] In 2009, the Aquitaine Museum opened new permanent rooms dedicated to the role of Bordeaux in the slave trade. [14] Rooms devoted to the nineteenth were reopened in ...
The Piliers de Tutelle in a 1640 panorama of Bordeaux. Drawing by Herman van der Hem.. The Piliers de Tutelle (meaning Pillars of Guardianship in French) was an important Gallo-Roman monument erected in the third century on the approximate location of the southwest corner of the Grand Théâtre of Bordeaux, a city in southwestern France.
The Place de la Bourse (French pronunciation: [plas də la buʁs], "Stock Exchange Square") is a square in Bordeaux, France, and one of the city's most recognisable sights. Built from 1730 to 1775 along the river Garonne , it was a multi-building development designed by the architect Jacques Gabriel and his son Ange-Jacques Gabriel . [ 1 ]
The Basilica of St Michael (Basilique Saint-Michel, in French), is a Flamboyant Gothic church in Bordeaux, France.. In 1998, UNESCO designated the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France as a World Heritage Site, including the three main churches of Bordeaux : the basilica of St Severinus, the basilica of St Michael and the cathedral of St Andrew.
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Bordeaux used to have a significant production of white wines, with Entre-deux-Mers, a primarily white wine area. Unlike the style of dry white Bordeaux favoured today, with almost 100% Sauvignon Blanc and a heavy influence of new oak, the traditional Entre-deux-Mers whites had a high proportion of Semillion and were made in either old oak ...