Reference : FR092
AVAILABLE FOR TRADE
Size : 10 x 15 cm
"BORDEAUX (Gironde) :
Classée au Patrimoine Mondial de l'UNESCO
La place de la Bourse"
Location of BORDEAUX in FRANCE
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department.
The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1 010 000 and constitutes one of the largest urban areas of France. The city is among the world's major wine industry centres. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the eighth century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century.
La place de la Bourse
In 1728, the proposed construction of the new Place Royale was entrusted to the architect Jacques Gabirel. Three parties, Versailles style, form all around this place. The place was built on the model of the Place Vendome. Originally, it housed a statue of Louis XV, but it was removed and melted down during the revolution. The location of the fountain was filled in 1869 by the Fountain of Three Graces that can be admired today. This place, opening on the Garonne, was originally the Royal Plaza, dedicated to King Louis XV. Today, the Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce and many consulates are located. Since July 2006, you can see on the square, the largest stretches of water in the world, designed by Jean-Marx fountain Llorca. These fountains can be seen at scenography effects alternating fog and water games.
In 1728, the proposed construction of the new Place Royale was entrusted to the architect Jacques Gabirel. Three parties, Versailles style, form all around this place. The place was built on the model of the Place Vendome. Originally, it housed a statue of Louis XV, but it was removed and melted down during the revolution. The location of the fountain was filled in 1869 by the Fountain of Three Graces that can be admired today. This place, opening on the Garonne, was originally the Royal Plaza, dedicated to King Louis XV. Today, the Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce and many consulates are located. Since July 2006, you can see on the square, the largest stretches of water in the world, designed by Jean-Marx fountain Llorca. These fountains can be seen at scenography effects alternating fog and water games.
UNESCO w.h.s. :
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Date of inscription : 2007
The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in south-west France, is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris. It is also recognized for its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural values over more than 2,000 years, particularly since the 12th century due to commercial links with Britain and the Low Lands. Urban plans and architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place the city as an outstanding example of innovative classical and neoclassical trends and give it an exceptional urban and architectural unity and coherence. Its urban form represents the success of philosophers who wanted to make towns into melting pots of humanism, universality and culture.
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